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August 14, 2017

‘Icarus’, The New Doccie About Doping In Sport, Is Both Brilliant And Terrifying [Trailer]

We all know about Lance Armstrong, and how he somehow managed to fly under the radar for so long, but this scandal dwarfs that of the disgraced cyclist.

You might not instantly recognise the name Dr. Grigory Rodchenkov, but if you’ve heard about the Russian doping scandal over the past few years his story is one you want to hear.

That’s not him above, in case you were wondering, but we digress.

The most elaborate and co-ordinated doping regime of all time hit the headlines in May 2016, when the New York Times laid bare just how dirty the Russians had been playing.

If you feel like catching up read THIS, although the trailer below is going to fill in some of the gaps.

I watched it over the weekend and boom, it’s pretty damn explosive:

Lance Armstrong may be the doping devil we know, but it’s clear that there is so much more that we are only now scratching the surface of.

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