Sounds a lot like Eugene,OR during the same period, only the East Germans
were less sophisticated!
malmo
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> The comment " Sure we'd get rid of the East German marks that are
> documented
> to be dirty" was made in today's list.
>
> All GDR marks can be considered dirty. In 1977 I was in the GDR
> for 3 weeks
> as part of the first group of Western coaches and sports officials allowed
> into the country. They said to us point blank, when asked about how such a
> small country could have won so many medals at Montreal, " It's
> not just the
> steroids". They made absolutely no attempt to deny that they used drugs.
> Their position was that steroids administered under medical
> supervision were
> safe. It is likely true that many athletes did not even know that
> they were
> on steroids.
>
> Ken
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> Ken Parker
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