THE Olympics rarely comes around without a doping story of some kind. To this day, the Ben Johnson steroid scandal following his 100m victory in 1988 remains one of the most shocking Olympic moments in living memory. London 2012, which was hailed as “the cleanest Olympics ever”, has been proven to be far from the sort, with nearly 150 athletes subsequently disqualified from those Games for doping. And, of course, the Russian drug scandal, which was branded “the most sophisticated doping programme in history”, was found to have corrupted the 2014 Winter Olympics in a way which had previously seemed unimaginable. Tokyo 2020 has not yet even started, but already, doping has caused a stir.
The dark side of the Olympics: How doping has shaped the Games - 14-Jul-2021
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