Drug Games
Drug Games On August 26, 1960, twenty-three-year-old Danish cyclist Knud Jensen, competing in that year's Rome Olympic Games, suddenly fell from his bike and fractured his skull. Though certainly not…
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Drug Games
On August 26, 1960, twenty-three-year-old Danish cyclist Knud Jensen, competing in that year's Rome Olympic Games, suddenly fell from his bike and fractured his skull. Though certainly not the first instance of doping in the Olympic Games, Jensen's death serves as the starting point for Thomas M. His death hours later led to rumors that performance-enhancing drugs were in his system.
Utilizing concepts derived from international relations theory, diplomatic history, and administrative law, this work connects the issue to global political relations.During the Cold War, national governments had little reason to support effective anti-doping controls in the Olympics. Hunt's thoroughly researched, chronological history of the modern relationship of doping to the Olympics. Both the United States and the Soviet Union conceptualized power in sport as a means of impressing both