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When Heroes Lie

When Heroes Lie

6,8 /10 (19 Votes)
2012 FI 119 min

Overview

A huge doping scandal erupted at the 2001 cross-country skiing world championship in Lahti, Finland, leading to large numbers of disqualifications. Athletes from the host country in particular had made generous use of illegal performance-enhancing drugs. It was to be the precursor of more drug cases at the Winter Olympics a year later in Salt Lake City. When Heroes Lie analyzes the history of doping from the 1970s to the present day, using archive footage and interviews with skiers, coaches and experts.

Release date

05/10/2012

Votes

19

Popularity

0.5

A lie bigger than you can imagine

Genres

Status

Released

Original title

Sinivalkoinen valhe

Language

FI

Runtime

119 min

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