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East Germany’s athletic alchemists push for Olympic gold
East Germany runs a multi-club high performance system guiding 3.5 million children into elite sports. Kornelia Ender rose from training camps to win four golds at Montreal as doctors discuss steroids and the system’s global image.
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East Berlin
Kornelia Ender
Soviet Union
United States
Ender
Kurfuerstendamm
Checkpoint Charlie
Leipzig
Jock Roost
Berlin
Sports University
Rostow
Kark Marx Stadt
East Germany
Montreal
Alois Marder
Army
Chemie
Hallenge
Marder
Scientific Center For
Leipzig University
Research Center For
Halle
High Performance Sports Commission
Manfred Ewald
Roland Atthes
America
Adolf Metzner
Metzner
Willi Daume
Olympic Committee
West
U.S
Moscow