The Rodchenkov Affair

How I Brought Down Russia's Secret Doping Regime

By: Grigory Rodchenkov

Narrated by: Andrew Byron

Brought to you by Penguin.

***Winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year, 2020 - the inside story of the Russian doping programme by the man behind it all***

One of the Financial Times's 'Fifty people who shaped the decade'

'The biggest sports scandal the world has ever seen'

In 2015, Russia's Anti-Doping Centre was suspended by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) following revelations of an elaborate state-sponsored doping programme at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. Involving a nearly undetectable steroid delivery system known as 'Duchesse cocktail', tampering and switching of urine samples, and a complex state-sanctioned cover-up, the programme was masterminded by Grigory Rodchenkov.

The Rodchenkov Affair tells the full, unadulterated story that was first glimpsed in Bryan Fogel's award-winning documentary and still continues to captivate and shock the world. Charting the author's childhood growing up under the Iron Curtain, his first encounter with doping as a 22-year-old student athlete at Moscow State University, and his subsequent career working for the Soviet Olympic Committee, this breathtakingly candid journey reveals a rigged system of flawed individuals, brazen deceit and impossible moral choices.

©2020 Grigory Rodchenkov (P)2020 Penguin Audio

New light on doping allegations at Beijing 2022

A very interesting read, couldnt stop until I finished. Gives new light to the doping allegations at Beijing and the banning of Russia at sports events. Icarus documentary is a good compliment to the book and equally well done and disturbing. A must-read!!

Great listen

Great story and narration. Devoured in one sitting. Good read even if you have read about the topic or kept up with the news.

A compelling and exciting story of political and sport theatre

an amazing story detailing Grigory's life and build up to exposing the greatest doping scandal sports has ever seen. Thank you Grigory for sharing your story

Truth bomb

Enjoyed the whole story! It reads like a criminal drama, and is very shocking to find out what sports and doping control looks from the inside.

A fascinating story!

I read this after watching Icarus. This version has a lot more detail, and is worth spending time on.