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Radio 3,27 Jun 2012,15 mins

Series A Sporting Lexicon

Grace

The Essay

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"It's all very well in gymnastics to make routines more and more dangerously complicated but this counts for little unless it can be done gracefully.. " Geoff Dyer thinks that the best people have to exhibit 'grace'. But some of those who do so are surprising figures in the sporting world. Five writers choose a word to suggest sporting endeavour, and Geoff Dyer celebrates 'grace'.

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