Rodchenkov, Grigory

The Rodchenkov Affair: How I Brought Down Russia's Secret Doping Empire - Winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2020

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ISBN 13:
9780753553350
author:
Rodchenkov, Grigory
format:
Paperback / softback
publisher:
W H Allen
language:
English
Publication Year:
2021
Pages:
320
Dimensions:
19.8 x 12.6 x 1.9 centimeters (0
Genre:
Nonfiction, True Crime, Organized Crime,
Condition:
New
Availability:
Item usually sent within 7 working days
£13.45

Description

The Rodchenkov Affair: A Breathtakingly Candid Story The full story behind the biggest sports scandal the world has ever seen. 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. This programme, masterminded by Grigory Rodchenkov, involved a nearly undetectable steroid delivery system, tampering and switching of urine samples, and a complex state-sanctioned cover-up. This book tells the full, unadulterated story that was first glimpsed in a documentary and still continues to captivate and shock the world. It charts Rodchenkov's childhood growing up under the Iron Curtain, his first encounter with doping as a student athlete, and his subsequent career working for the Soviet Olympic Committee. The result is a gripping account of a rigged system of flawed individuals, brazen deceit, and impossible moral choices.

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