Synthetic Medals East German Athletes' Journey to Hell

In the early 1970s, the athletes of the German Democratic Republic started to achieve incredible sports results, winning medals and setting new world records with astonishing frequency. For many years, their sporting supremacy was hailed as a triumph of the socialist government's commitment to scientific research and innovative training methods. But after the Cold War ended, the Stasi archives revealed a sinister secret behind the successes: a perverse doping system imposed by the government itself. Drugs were administered to young athletes, often without their consent, and the price their bodies are now paying is very high, both physically and mentally. Through the athletes' personal stories, Synthetic Medals reveals the events that led to the discovery of the state-doping system and the subsequent trial. It also explores the state's motives for this crime against its own people - people who were sacrificed on the altar of a distorted ideology, for the simple purpose of achieving glory on the international chessboard.

ISBN:	9781801501354
Publisher:	Pitch Publishing
Imprint:	Pitch Publishing
Published date:	01 Aug 2022
DEWEY:	362.29088796
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	224
Weight:	10g
Height:	144mm
Width:	224mm
Spine width:	23mm

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