Winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2020
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.
Publisher: Ebury PublishingISBN: 9780753553350Number of pages: 320Weight: 218 gDimensions: 198 x 126 x 19 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
'An extraordinary account of a decade-long quest by the USSR and then Russia to win by any means'- The Mail on Sunday
'John le Carre 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'- The Telegraph
'He was the doping kingpin who helped Russia's athletes top the medals tables. Then he blew the whistle.'- The Financial Times
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