Kurt,
There are some who think that it started in the US.
In his autobiography "Big Shot", published in 1981, British shot putter
Geoff Capes wrote "We cannot blame the Eastern Europeans for the prevalence
of drug taking. It started in the United States. No doubt about that."
and
"Every thrower can remember the 1960's. There was a surge of brilliant
performances by Americans. In one year the record went up 2 1/2 feet. In
five years it improved by more than 7 feet. And it was not a soft record to
start with. Parry O'Brien, a great thrower had set it. Drugs had to be a
major factor in the improvement."
He wrote that his own knowledge of drug use came from a US book "Getting
Stronger" written by Bill Pearl.
Ed Prytherch.
>Mats asked us to remember:
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>>Remeber that the USSR and the GDR imported their doping science
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>Hardly. The US is certainly not innocent in furthering doping science, but
>a significant majority of the synthetic steroid compounds used in doping
>were invented by Germans. Germany has long been a hotbed of the science of
>organic chemistry, and steroid chemistry during the 40s, 50s, and 60s, when
>most of the steroid dope was developed, is no exception. Scanning the
names
>of the scientists and the institutions on the patents and primary
>publications of the banned steroids reveals a decidedly teutonic flavor.
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>Like I said Americans are by no means innocent, but to suggest that all the
>doping knowledge flowed from the US to Europe is simply inaccurate.
>
>Kurt Bray
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