thousand nine hundred four lympics and some lewis an american thomas hicks took a then popular called taylor brandy laced with strict name and brand in the marathon. after a while he fainted his coach gave him more dope takes continued eventually coming first although a team of doctors barely managed to revive him at the finishing line but still he got his gold medal. since then the pharmaceutical industry has made giant strides it does develop drugs designed for prolonged use the harm to athletes health can't be detected immediately but their performances enhanced straightaway. corticosteroids has a lot of benefits in terms of treating injuries but it also has a very very pleasant side effect if you are an athlete that wants to perform at the highest level because. it causes weight loss. and which is very important when you're a cyclist the fact that athletes were attaining amazing results is not what attracted attention to doping. what couldn't be ignored was the death toll of athletes who died in their prime. between one thousand nine hundred eighty five and nine hundred eighty over two hundred