I was reading an article about some of the young female gymnastic competitors from East Germany during the 70's & 80's how they dominated the sport.
After the fall of the Iron curtain and independance of Solviet satelite states, it came out that like 90% of the Solviet athletes were doping...
Back then too it was said the Russians had the best gear but I dont know how accurate that was...
I live in Vancouver BC Canada and last year we hosted the WWL (world weight lifting competition) so all these olympic athletes in Athens now ere in teh worlds in Vancouver, anyways, I was chatting with as many as I could and openly asked if they used drugs.
I asked about 9 different athletes 4 said you had to use them to keep up. 3 wouldnt answer me and the two lifters from Iran and Korea pretended like thy didnt know what gear was, lol...
I got 2 to admit what they used, both had test suspension in there cycles, I guess its a lifter favorite...