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On a windy, wet Sunday, sport asked for focus. And Lydia Ko had it

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New Zealand's Lydia Ko, who won the Women's British Open at St Andrews, produced a masterful performance at a historic venue.

New Zealand's Lydia Ko, who won the Women's British Open at St Andrews, produced a masterful performance at a historic venue.

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A student at a Shaolin monastery has been practising to be a warrior monk. After 11 years of training, a test of martial arts and Buddhist teachings awaits him. But he’s struggling with a particular routine and in a BBC documentary his mentor, another monk, offers him a wisdom that modern athletes live by.

“Focus on the present.”

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