"The inside story about drug use in sport and its political cover-up, with a prescription for reform [by the] former chief medical officer for the United States Olympic Committee"--Jacket subtitle.

While the book focuses primarily on steroid and supplement abuse, it also covers unethical practices on the part of some coaches and athletes to gain a competitive edge.

Containing remarkable new revelations, this book uses witness interviews - with Johnson, Lewis and Smith among others - to reconstruct the build-up to the race, the race itself, and the fallout when news of Johnson's positive test broke and ...