СПОРТСКА ПОБЕДА И ЖИВОТНИ ПОРАЗ
SPORTS VICTORY AND LIFE DEFEAT

Summary/Abstract: Following the evolution of the Olympic Games we can see that the athletes, in order to achieve victory, oftenuse certain illicit substances to enhance their mental and physical performance. Trying to show the superiority of theAryan race, Hitler allowed the German athletes to use illicit stimulants at the Olympic Games in Berlin in 1936 to achievethe best results. The consequences of doping are immeasurable. It has been found that the use of different means andmethods of doping leads to serious health problems, and in some cases even death. The fight against doping is a questionof ethics and is associated with the fundamental principles of the Olympic movement. With the fall of the Berlin Wall in1989 and the opening of the Stasi files, it was discovered that many East German athletes used various illegal means,and they were encouraged to do so by their coaches and by the state policy service. In 1988, the first trial of thosecharged with grievous bodily harm to 142 female swimmers and athletes was held in Berlin. Manfred Ewald, the longtimedirector of the Olympic program of Eastern Germany and his chief doctor Manfred Hapner, director of the formerEast German sports and medical service, were accused of giving athletes very large amounts of steroids between 1974and 1989. All these female athletes were victims of a doping campaign sponsored by the state aimed at confirming theirsuperiority by winning the Olympic gold.

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