Heroes

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:00:00. > :00:00.We have the amazing stories of five real-life heroes who overcame it

:00:00. > :00:13.obstacles in their life. The greatest sporting show has

:00:14. > :00:17.arrived in Rio, the Olympics, new stars will be born,

:00:18. > :00:22.new heroes created, but the most uplifting stories

:00:23. > :00:24.are not from Olympians, but rather the unsung

:00:25. > :00:30.heroes of sport. Not far from the Olympic Park

:00:31. > :00:37.and across Brazil, there are people who are helping transform

:00:38. > :00:43.lives through sport. Our first hero is in Rio,

:00:44. > :00:46.a man who escaped a difficult childhood,

:00:47. > :00:49.not through football, Meet the woman who overcame

:00:50. > :08:54.a family tragedy to Still in Sam Powell oh we meet a man

:08:55. > :09:00.who learned to use the power of skateboarding to keep kids away from

:09:01. > :12:39.crime -- still in Sao Paulo we meet a man.

:12:40. > :12:42.Next we're going back to Rio where golf and sailing are changing lives

:12:43. > :12:54.An unlikely friendship is defeating the class

:12:55. > :12:57.divide through one of the world's most privileged sports, golf.

:12:58. > :13:30.Back to the Olympic Games after 112 years.

:13:31. > :13:56.I've known him for many years, he has been a caddy here since it was a

:13:57. > :13:59.teenager and sometimes he took my bags and other times other people's

:14:00. > :14:21.bag. He came to me and said the mayor is

:14:22. > :14:25.going to give us a large piece of land large enough to build a golf

:14:26. > :14:31.course on and he said he doesn't want any more poor people here, he

:14:32. > :14:34.wants a sport which will bring rich people, and rich people will spend

:14:35. > :15:26.money which will be good for my city.

:15:27. > :15:32.Golf has always been a sport for the elite in Brazil and in South America

:15:33. > :15:39.because of the lack of public courses. When we started this, we

:15:40. > :15:49.built the first public golf course in Brazil.

:15:50. > :15:59.We have about 120 kids in the programme right now and we have

:16:00. > :16:01.created various champions in Brazil in their age categories and we are

:16:02. > :16:58.very pleased with them. Next, how I live changing accident

:16:59. > :17:08.drove a sailor to help the country's most disadvantaged children to take

:17:09. > :20:48.to the seas. -- how a life changing accident.

:20:49. > :20:51.That's all for now, but for more inspiring stories during the

:20:52. > :20:55.Olympics go to BBC.co.uk and get in touch with us on social media.