The Rodchenkov Affair
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The Rodchenkov Affair by Grigory Rodchenkov
***Winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year, 2020 - the inside story of the Russian doping programme by the man behind it all*** One of the Financial Times's 'Fifty people who shaped the decade' '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. 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.
An extraordinary account of a decade-long quest by the USSR and then Russia to win by any means * Mail on Sunday *
John le Carré meets Russian 21st-century interferenceOn 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 *
John le Carré meets Russian 21st-century interferenceOn 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 *
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.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780753553350 |
| ISBN 10 | 075355335X |
| Title | The Rodchenkov Affair |
| Author | Grigory Rodchenkov |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Ebury Publishing |
| Year published | 2021-07-22 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
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