The running debate on doping that’s lasted four decades
It’s obscene that we know everything about the East German doping machine, yet we’re still talking about how to recognise that..
Sydney Morning Herald
East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic, was a country in Central Europe from its formation on 7 October 1949 until its reunification with West Germany on 3 October 1990. Until 1989, it was generally viewed as a communist state and described itself as a socialist "workers' and peasants' state". The economy of this country was centrally planned and state-owned. Although the GDR had to pay substantial war reparations to the Soviets, it became the most successful economy in the Eastern Bloc.
It’s obscene that we know everything about the East German doping machine, yet we’re still talking about how to recognise that..