Grigory Rodchenkov

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The Rodchenkov Affair

How I Brought Down Russia's Secret Doping Empire

Beschreibung

The true story of how Rusisan scientist Grigory Rodchenkov masterminded the biggest doping programme in history, before becoming a whistleblower and exposing his scheme. As seen in the Netflix Oscar winner "Icarus".

Autor

Dr Grigory Rodchenkov is the former director of Russia's national anti-doping laboratory, which was suspended by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in 2015 for facilitating Russia's elaborate state-sponsored doping program. He helped develop and distribute banned performance enhancing substances for thousands of Russian sports stars from 2005 to 2015. He made headlines in 2016 as a whistleblower, exposing the extensive nature of Russia's doping program, leading to Russia's 2016 & 2018 Olympics bans. Rodchenkov is currently in witness protection in the US.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Random House UK
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. November 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 158mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 521g
• ISBN-13: 9780753553329
• ISBN-10: 0753553325
• Artikelnr.: 59354715

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