![]() Rodchenkov was the Director of Russia's national anti-doping laboratory. But Caitlin pulls out of the process early on and points Fogel in the direction of Russian scientist Dr. Initially, the advice comes from high standing American doping scientist Don Caitlin. The daily routine of injections, pill popping and urine samples are as close to the routine that Lance Armstrong followed as possible. Can he push himself further into the top ten of a field that he suspects may be enhanced themselves? We get to see the whole process as Fogel turns himself into a human guinea pig. He wants to see how his results change and more importantly, if he can pass the testers if he dopes. ![]() He comes in 14th place as a completely clean athlete.įogel then seeks to find credible experts to undertake an experiment over the following year. He takes part in the Haute Route known as the hardest cycle race in the world for amateurs. The idea was to prove the systems in place were allowing huge numbers of athletes to use drugs undetected. In the wake of the doping scandal of Lance Armstrong, Fogel decided to create a vigorous experiment. His problem was that he always fell short of the leaders. He had competed in amateur cycling, entering many endurance races, and always did really well. Lance Armstrong won seven Tour de France's after surviving cancer and was seen as a hero until he was exposed for using Testosterone, human growth Hormone and EPO.īryan Fogel produced, co-wrote and directed this movie. Athletes like Ben Jonson who ran the 100 metres in 9.79 seconds in 1988, exposed just how significant the enhancement can be. But in modern times improvements in technology have introduced different substances giving competitors a huge advantage. Athletes have found ways to enhance their performance for as long as competitive sports have existed. In particularly it covers endurance cycling where at one point it seemed everyone was doing it. Icarus sets out to openly expose how widespread the use of drugs in elite sports is in the modern world.
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