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Sport moves you like nothing else — as I found out after my heart attack - The Saturday Story

August 15, 2026
Sport moves you like nothing else — as I found out after my heart attack - The Saturday Story

While recovering from a heart attack, Times sports journalist Owen Slot distracted himself by watching a summer of thrilling sport. He was still hooked up to a heart rate monitor, so he decided to run an experiment: how would his heart react to the drama? 


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Read by: Owen Slot, chief sports writer, The Times.

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