Former East German sprinter - Ines Geipel
Doped for decades, East German athletes are still searching for justice. Stephen Sackur talks to the former sprinter Ines Geipel about the doping scandal and what it cost her.
Doped for decades, East German athletes are still searching for truth and justice. When the infamous Berlin Wall was breached 30 years ago, the darkest secrets of the East German police state were soon exposed. Among them was the systematic, coercive administration of performance-enhancing drugs to thousands of young athletes. It was meant to make them into world beaters, regardless of any damage to their health. Stephen Sackur talks to the former East German sprinter Ines Geipel about the abuse she and others were subjected to in what is now known as the East German doping scandal.
(Photo: Former East German sprinter Ines Geipel)
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- Wed 3 Jul 2019 02:06GMT大象传媒 World Service Online, Europe and the Middle East & West and Central Africa only
- Wed 3 Jul 2019 03:06GMT大象传媒 World Service UK DAB/Freeview
- Wed 3 Jul 2019 05:06GMT大象传媒 World Service Australasia, Americas and the Caribbean & South Asia only
- Wed 3 Jul 2019 06:06GMT大象传媒 World Service East and Southern Africa & East Asia only
- Wed 3 Jul 2019 13:06GMT大象传媒 World Service Australasia
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- Wed 3 Jul 2019 17:06GMT大象传媒 World Service South Asia
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