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‘Icarus’: new Netflix doc exposes vast Russian sports doping scheme

By August 9, 2017 No Comments

“Bryan Fogel’s documentary Icarus, now streaming on Netflix, might be described as one part Super Size Me and two parts Citizenfour. The Super Size Me comparison comes from the competitive cyclist’s decision to turn himself into a human guinea pig — injecting himself with steroids, human growth hormone and other performance enhancing substances over a period of months, all while he documented the process on video.”