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Title: Tainted Gold
Review: No matter how many times this story is told, it remains so brutal, so very cold.Steven Ungerleider attempts to take the vast history of the rise of the East German athletic machine through the systematic usage of illegal performance-enhancing drugs, with young athletes as part of what was a vast research project which worked in conjunction with the fielding of international performers and the fall of so many athletes due to their bodies breaking down due to the prescribed illicit drugs.With the backdrop being a sensational trial in Germany of a number of high-ranking members of the former GDR drug program, it may be as shocking what sentences were rendered, when juxtaposed with the reprehensible work done on unsuspecting athletes to literally turn their bodies into machines.For those looking to get a solid start into researching this era of merging sports with a police state, Ungerleider provides the track to begin the journey.
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