Now on bbc news its hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, from berlin. Im stephen sackur. When this infamous wall was breached, 30 years ago, the darkest secrets of the east German Police state were soon exposed. Among them, the systematic doping of thousands of Young Athletes to make them into world beaters, regardless of the damage to their health. Now, one of those victims is my guest today, former sprinter, ines geipel. Now, she has been fighting for justice for those who were doped for decades. Others chose to remain silent. Why did she opt to speak out . Theme music plays. Ines geipel, welcome to hardtalk. Let us go back to the beginning and tell me how you, as a child born in east germany yourfamily raised you in dresden how you, as a girl, became involved in the abuse of hormones, the doping scandal in east germany . Obviously you were lied to. What did your coaches tell you, when they presented you with these blue pills, what did they say they were, and what were they for . The drug
Welcome to hardtalk, from berlin. Im stephen sackur. When this infamous wall was breached, 30 years ago, the darkest secrets of the east German Police state were soon exposed. Among them, the systematic doping of thousands of Young Athletes to make them into world beaters, regardless of the damage to their health. Now, one of those victims is my guest today, former sprinter, ines geipel. Now, she has been fighting for justice for those who were doped for decades. Others chose to remain silent. Why did she opt to speak out . Theme music plays. Ines geipel, welcome to hardtalk. Let us go back to the beginning and tell me how you, as a child born in east germany yourfamily raised you in dresden how you, as a girl, became involved in the abuse of hormones, the doping scandal in east germany . Obviously you were lied to. What did your coaches tell you, when they presented you with these blue pills, what did they say they were, and what were they for . The drug you were administered and we n
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