The explosive story of the scientist who ran the biggest doping programme in history. As seen in the Netflix Oscar-winner Icarus
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.
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 interference. On
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*
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