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Article: Anabolic steroids at the 1972 Olympics!(POWERLINE)
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- Coach and Athletic Director
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- October 1, 2006
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The Olympic Games is the showcase for the amateur athletes of the world. Historically, its purpose is to foster the brotherhood of man through friendly competition.
The 1972 Olympics was hardly an overwhelming success in this respect. It was plagued by unprecedented political pestilences: The ousting of Southern Rhodesia, a series of obviously erroneous judging decisions, and vicious murder by Arab terrorists.
These were the problems everyone saw. Several others, below the surface, also created serious controversy.
The use of drugs was one, particularly anabolic steroids. Having been involved in two studies on these drugs, I became interested in ...