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The Armstrong Lie
2013 · Documentary
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Truth is the new banned substance.
While investigating the furtive world of illegal doping in sports, director Bryan Fogel connects with renegade Russian scientist Dr. Grigory Rodchenkov—a pillar of his country’s “anti-doping” program. Over dozens of Skype calls, urine samples, and badly administered hormone injections, Fogel and Rodchenkov grow closer despite shocking allegations that place Rodchenkov at the center of Russia’s state-sponsored Olympic doping program.
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CinemaSerf
July 27, 2026
Talk about giving your all for your art? Well Bryan Fogel gives his ass too as he embarks on a course of testosterone injections under the guidance of Grigory Rodchenkov to prove just how to bust the WADA testing regimens that govern international sport. This is all hot on the heels of the Lance Armstrong scandal that caused cycling to reel with the shock that despite his often publicly issued denials, he was knowing…
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