Fastest, Highest, Strongest: A Critique of High-Performance Sport

by Ian Ritchie and Rob Beamish

Book Overview

Fastest, Highest, Strongest presents a comprehensive challenge to the dominant orthodoxy concerning the use of performance-enhancing drugs in sport.

Examining the political and economic transformation of the Olympic Movement during the twentieth century, the authors argue that the realities of modern sport require a serious reassessment of current policies, in particular the ban on the use of certain substances and practices...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415770432
• ISBN13: 9780415770439
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.2" x 9.2"