Episode 1186
Doping in East Germany
Sun, 2020-Aug-02 00:29 UTC
Length - 1:55
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The random article for Sunday, 2 August 2020 is Doping in East Germany.
The communist government of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) conducted a decades long program of coercive administration and distribution of performance-enhancing drugs, initially testosterone, later mainly anabolic drugs to its elite athletes. The aim of this program was to bolster the state image and prestige by winning medals in international competition such as the Olympic games. The East German doping system started in the 1960s. The system was extremely formalised and heavily based on a notion of secrecy. On a performance level the system could be qualified as being successful. East German athletes were part of the elite and the country achieved successes. However, the doping system gradually affected the health of numerous people.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 00:29 UTC on Sunday, 2 August 2020.
For the full current version of the article, see Doping in East Germany on Wikipedia.
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