Drug Games : : The International Olympic Committee and the Politics of Doping, 1960–2008 / / Thomas M. Hunt.
On August 26, 1960, twenty-three-year-old Danish cyclist Knud Jensen, competing in that year's Rome Olympic Games, suddenly fell from his bike and fractured his skull. His death hours later led to rumors that performance-enhancing drugs were in his system. Though certainly not the first instanc...
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| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Terry and Jan Todd Series on Physical Culture and Sports
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- FOREWORD
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- One DEFINING THE PROBLEM
- Two TESTING BEGINS
- Three NATIONALISM STRIKES
- Four OLD PROBLEMS AND NEW LEADERSHIP
- Five “IN A FREE SOCIETY, IT A LL DEPENDS ON US”
- Six TURNING POINT
- Seven TOWARD A UNIFIED APPROACH
- Eight CHALLENGE AND PARTNERSHIP
- Nine A NEW CENTURY
- Ten DIFFICULTIES OF PARTNERSHIP
- CONCLUSION
- NOTES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX