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From the 16-year-old Canadian swimmer juggling Olympic-champion calibre potential, to the first woman to play for the Harlem Globetrotters, our writers created likenesses of these captivating athletes with their words. This is simply a postulation of the champion longform storytelling that graced the pages of CBC Sports successful 2023.