Suchergebnisse

From Coubertin's dream to high-performance sport: the shifting dynamics of Olympic sport -- Steroids: Nazi propaganda, cold war fears, and "androgenized" women -- "Sport, " German traditions, and the development of "training" -- From Stalingrad to Helsinki: the development of German sport systems -- "Something had altered in the faces of the pigs . . ." converging sport systems in the GDR and FRG -- Ethics reconsidered: the spirit of sport, the level playing field, and harm to the athlete -- Conclusion: the brave new world of high-performance sport

Explores the use of drugs and other performance-enhancing practices in sport, tracing the development of the situation through its socio-political history. This work presents a critique of the use of athletes as representatives of political regimes, and the constant striving for medals that has altered the ethos of the Olympic Games.