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New Netflix Documentary “Icarus” Is a Fascinating Look at the Russian Doping Scandal

By August 4, 2017 No Comments

“Cyclist and filmmaker ​Bryan Fogel sets out on an audacious plan to prove the fallibility of anti-doping tests—but what he came away with is much more revealing…When we first meet Grigory Rodchenkov in the Netflix documentary Icarus, which debuts to wide release today, it’s via a Skype call—and the respected head of the World Anti Doping Agency-accredited Moscow drug testing laboratory is shirtless and somewhat disheveled as he listens to filmmaker and cyclist Bryan Fogel lay out an audacious plan. “