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2024-08-08 02:03:15 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: A1F83CB7984F18994341C0217B267271005D51AEC6035990EEAC158DCC4453A1
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Soviet athletes’ “physical limits”, were also pushed by widespread and well-documented doping programs: “Blood doping was pervasive in the USSR in the 1970s and 1980s, and was used by many Soviet athletes in the 1976 and 1980 Olympic Games.” https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12878813/#:~:text=In%20addition%2C%20however%2C%20the%20Soviet,1976%20and%201980%20Olympic%20Games.
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