The Disturbing Truth About Doping in Sports

Athletes have looked for a chemical edge for centuries -- dating all the way back to the ancient Greeks who used alcoholic concoctions and hallucinogenic mushrooms. Thanks to newer technologies, the longer storage of test samples and whistle-blowers drug cheats are getting caught sometimes years after they medal. Bloomberg QuickTake looks at how some of the world's top athletes dope and what's being done to catch them.

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