NOVA

NOVA

Race for the Gold (6x14)


Air date: Oct 30, 1979

At the 1976 Olympics, East German athletes walked off with 40 of the coveted gold medals, though their country is only the size of New Jersey. NOVA investigates whether a drug responsible for their incredible success—or is American athletic training and commitment falling behind that of the Communist world?

  • Premiered: Mar 1974
  • Episodes: 1025
  • Followers: 302
  • Running
  • PBS
  • Wednesday at 21