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Prolonged hammering and chiselling accelerated degenerative osteoarthritis in the hands of Michelangelo Buonarroti, sculptor, painter and one of the greatest artists of all times. But the intense work probably helped him keep the use of his hands right up until he died. That is the conclusion of Italian doctors writing in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine who analysed three portraits of the artist to reach their diagnosis.

In the greatest moment of his sporting career, and only six months before the Paralympic Games in Sochi, skier Jon Santacana ruptured his Achilles Tendon. But against all odds, he did not throw in the towel and he managed a full recovery which brought him to the podium. How did he do it? He tells us in this story.