Doping in elite sports : voices of French sportspeople and their doctors, 1950-2010 /

Brissonneau, Christophe,

Doping in elite sports : voices of French sportspeople and their doctors, 1950-2010 / Christophe Brissonneau and Jeffrey Montez de Oca. - 1 online resource - Ethics and sport .

Introduction : when the extraordinary is normal, deviance is good -- Sports medicine and creating the definition of doping -- The structural ambivalence of sports medicine -- Rationalism, training and medicine in cycling, 1990-2000 -- Training models and pharmacology in athletics, 1960-2000 -- Pharmacological careers in wrestling and weightlifting, 1980s -- Bodybuilding and the freedom to choose -- New anti-doping policies : new careers in cycling, 2003-2010 -- Conclusion.

9781315523538 9781315523507

10.4324/9781315523538 doi


Doping in sports--France.
Sports medicine--Corrupt practices--France.

RC1230 / .B739 2018

362.290887960944 / B859


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