The Rodchenkov Affair: How I Brought Down Russia’s Secret Doping Empire
In 2015, Russia's Anti-Doping Centre was suspended by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) following revelations of an elaborate state-sponsored doping programme at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. Involving a nearly undetectable steroid delivery system known as 'Duchesse cocktail', tampering and switching of urine samples, and a complex state-sanctioned cover-up, the programme was masterminded by Grigory Rodchenkov.
The Rodchenkov Affair tells the full, unadulterated story that was first glimpsed in Bryan Fogel's award-winning documentary and still continues to captivate and shock the world. Charting the author's childhood growing up under the Iron Curtain, his first encounter with doping as a 22-year-old student athlete at Moscow State University, and his subsequent career working for the Soviet Olympic Committee, this breathtakingly candid journey reveals a rigged system of flawed individuals, brazen deceit and impossible moral choices.
Review
John le Carré meets Russian 21st-century interference. On steroids...extraordinary' ― Nick Harris, Sporting Intelligence
A fascinating first-hand account of the biggest sporting scandal in history, and a worthy winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year ― Telegraph
He was the doping kingpin who helped Russia's athletes top the medals tables. Then he blew the whistle. ― Financial Times
An utterly incredible life story ― Telegraph
About the Author
Podrobnosti
| Autor |
Grigory Rodchenkov |
|---|---|
| Vydavatel |
WH Allen |
| Jazyk | anglicky |
| Vazba | měkká |
| Počet stran | 320 |
| Formát | 12,7 × 19,7 cm |
| EAN | 9780753553350 |
| Rok vydání | 2021 |
| Edice |
Biografie, memoáry, osobnosti Cestování, sport, outdoorové aktivity Historie |
Autor
Grigory Rodchenkov
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