Doping in East Germany

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In the 1970s and 80s, Communist East Germany dominated athletics -- thanks to the most sophisticated doping programme in the history of sport. The programme had a lasting physical and psychological impact on many East German competitors. Two of them, sprinter Ines Geipel and shot-putter Andreas Krieger, talk to Mike Costello for Sporting Witness. This material was originally broadcast on BBC Radio 5 Live. (Photo: Heidi Krieger, later Andreas Krieger. Credit: Ulstein Bild/Getty Images)