{"product_id":"synthetic-medals-joseph-tudor-9781801501354","title":"Synthetic Medals: East German Athletes' Journey to Hell","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe shocking real-life story of the state-imposed doping of East German athletes - told for the first time in full\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the early 1970s, the athletes of the German Democratic Republic started to achieve incredible sports results, winning medals and setting new world records with astonishing frequency. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For many years, their sporting supremacy was hailed as a triumph of the socialist government's commitment to scientific research and innovative training methods. But after the Cold War ended, the Stasi archives revealed a sinister secret behind the successes: a perverse doping system imposed by the government itself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Drugs were administered to young athletes, often without their consent, and the price their bodies are now paying is very high, both physically and mentally. Through the athletes' personal stories, \u003ci\u003eSynthetic Medals \u003c\/i\u003ereveals the events that led to the discovery of the state-doping system and the subsequent trial. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It also explores the state's motives for this crime against its own people - people who were sacrificed on the altar of a distorted ideology, for the simple purpose of achieving glory on the international chessboard.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joseph Tudor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1801501351\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781801501354\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pitch Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Joseph Tudor","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44073295675647,"sku":"9781801501354","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bf6e1000-e5a6-4a87-8ca7-216500f06256.jpg?v=1685446988","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/synthetic-medals-joseph-tudor-9781801501354","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}