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Weightlifters on steroids shock (1990)

Genre

News report; Interview

James Matthews reports on the revelation that Welsh team manager, Myrddin John, has used anabolic steroids. Follows on from the case of Welsh weightlifters, Ricky Chaplin and Gareth Hives, who have both been...

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Morning Call Archive No.13: A selection of interviews: Sid Shaw and Robert Gibson on Elvis Presley; Norris McWhirter; Michael Bentine - nd [1985]

Morning Call Archive No.13: A selection of interviews from Radio Victory’s Morninc Call series, compiled as an archive reel by the station. TRACKS 1-3 SID SHAW and ROBERT GIBSON. TRACK 1- SID SHAW admires...

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Weightlifters on steroids shock (1990)

Genre

Interview

George Matheson interview with Welsh team manager, Myrddin John, on the case of Welsh weightlifters, Ricky Chaplin and Gareth Hives, who have both been stripped of their Commonwealth Games medals after...

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Weightlifters fail drug tests (1990)

Genre

News report; Interview

George Matheson interview with UK Sports Minister, Colin Moynihan, in Auckland at the Commonwealth Games, on the case of Welsh weightlifters, Ricky Chaplin and Gareth Hives, who have been stripped of their...

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Weightlifter fails drugs test at Commonwealth games (1990)

Genre

Interview; News report; Press conference

George Matheson reports from Auckland, New Zealand on the first positive drugs test of the Commonwealth Games, of Indian weightlifter Subrata Kumar Paul for anabolic steroids. With comment from Dr Howell...

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Drugs in sport (1988)

Genre

Advertisement; Documentary; Interview

Drugs in Sport. Programme 4: The use of performance-enhancing anabolic steroids by athletes, despite potentially deadly health risks. Bodybuilder, Dan Duchaine and former Olympic medallist David Jenkins,...

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Ben Johnson medal withdrawn (1989)

Genre

Speech

Ben Johnson is a Canadian sprinter whose gold medal in the Seoul Olympics rescinded after he tested positive for banned substances in 1988. Here an official statement confirms the withdrawal of his medals...

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Ricky Chaplin fails drugs test (1990)

Genre

Speech

Speech by Sam Coffa, President of the Commonwealth Weightlifting Federation, on the case of Welsh weightlifter, Ricky Chaplin, whose been stripped of his Commonwealth Games gold medal after traces of the...

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Seoul Olympics (1988)

Genre

News report

Michael O’Neill reports at the end of the Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea looking back on the 16 days of the games and several incidents that overshadowed them including drugs bans.

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1988 Olympic Games - scandal and success (1988)

Genre

Interview; News report; Speech

John Anderson reflects on the scandals and successes of the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea. Commentary of the men’s 100 metres in which Canadian, Ben Johnson beat Carl Lewis and Linford Christie...

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