I competed against three generations of East German women between 1974 and 1983. The moment I specifically remember is in 1977 where Petra Thumer and I swam under the world record in the 400 ...

The GDR athletes were victims of doping, too. But if just a fraction of the 489 medals they won over nine Games were reallocated, it might be a worthwhile and cathartic exercise.

The East German women made a huge splash on the swimming scene at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, winning 11 of 13 gold medals. In 1980, they also won 11 of 13 golds.

Ever since, the magazine has routinely called for the East German women who were using performance-enhancing drugs to be stripped of their Olympic medals. These calls to action have continued ...

East v West - Germany's drug-fuelled Cold War for medals "These are all harmless drugs. All athletes take them. It's really nothing special." That was what German heptathlete Birgit Dressel, who ...

‘Cold War warriors’ deserve medals to recognise ‘risk and rigour’ in East Germany, says Maj-Gen Calls to honour veterans who operated covertly in Germany between 1946 and 1990 ‘fighting ...

On the far right, in bib number seven, is Marita Koch, another East German athlete whose 39-year-old 400m record still stands today "From the 1970s onwards, East Germany began winning a lot of medals.

While they would take decades to emerge, West German sport had its own secrets. "From the 1970s onwards, East Germany began winning a lot of medals.