Secrets of the Dead  Doping for Gold

2009 Emmy Nominee: Investigate one of the most alarming cover-ups in the history of the Olympic Games Details

 
 

Program: Secrets of the Dead

Episode: Doping for Gold

Imagine if today's athletes were unknowingly involved in a government-sponsored secret doping program, leaving them with tarnished honors, broken bodies and damaged psyches. Doping for Gold investigates one of the most alarming cover-ups in the history of the Olympic Games - East Germany's organized use of steroids and testosterone to bolster its athletes' performance from 1960s through the 1980s. This program received a 2009 Emmy nomination for Outstanding Science, Technology and Nature Programming.

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Cold War , drugs , Sports , Olympics , gender , steroids , East Germany , swimming , sexuality

Duration: (53:36)
Premiere Date: 05/06/2008
Episode Expires: 12/31/1969
TV Rating: TV-PG


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