Miscellaneous
Grigory Rodchenkov, previous head of the Moscow Anti-Doping Laboratory and star of the movie Icarus is currently living under the witness protection program in America and according to his lawyer is in fear of his life. Before Christmas he was interviewed by Hajo Seppelt, who made the ARD Documentary "The Doping Secret How Russia Makes it's Winners" in 2014. This documentary caused the WADA McLaren reports to be created that subsequently proved Russian State Sponsored Doping, resulting in Grigory fleeing the country and disclosing how the scandal took place to Brian Fogel & the New York Times - with Icarus then being made. It is a rare opportunity to hear from Grigory & this interview provides further details on the "duchess cocktail" of anabolic steroids given to athletes, the inadequacies of the London 2012 testing, the fact he was asked to spike Ukrainian athletes urine because they were beating Russians and the fact he thinks Olympic weightlifting should be banned for the next 8 years. If you are enjoying the podcast please share it with a friend, subscribe and leave me a review!