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02654aam a2200361 i 4500 001 915E7E88664511EDB99D19AA23ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20221117010035 008 220316t20222022sa b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 1776096614 020 $a 9781776096619 035 $a (OCoLC)1303695667 040 $a OI@ $b eng $e rda $c OI@ $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d STF $d EEM $d IaU $d SILO 043 $a f-sa--- 050 4 $a RC1230 $b .V36 2022 082 04 $a 362.29088796 $2 23 100 1 $a Van der Berg, Clinton, $e author. 245 10 $a Guns and needles : $b a journey into the heart of South African sport's steriods and drug culture / $c Clinton van den Berg. 264 1 $a Cape Town : $b Penquin Books, $c 2022. 300 $a xi, 241 pages ; $c 24 cm 520 $a "South Africa revels in its reputation as a sport-loving country. Yet just beneath the surface lurks a dark underbelly that reeks of cheating and illicit shenanigans, where shady characters and willing athletes are prepared to do whatever it takes to come out on top. South African sport is awash with steroids, a habit that formed in the late 1980s and continues unabated today, with participants and champions alike opting to play dirty. Guns and needles infiltrates an extraordinary environment that includes the story of the youngest athlete, who happens to be a South African, to ever test positive. With doping numbers far higher than the international average, prominent sportswriter Clinton van der Berg probes why this is so. Many of the stories have never been told, including that of the death of a young rugby aspirant and the bodybuilder who talks candidly of his thirty-year odyssey with steroids. Guns and Needles also unmasks the rampant level of steroid use in schoolboy rugby and the prominent busts at senior and Springbok level, while examining the murky steroid underworld and related deaths, as well as the doping culture in boxing, athletics and other sports. This is a gripping read filled with drama, tragedy and scarcely believable stories." -- $c Back cover 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-232) and index. 650 0 $a Doping in sports $z South Africa. 650 0 $a Anabolic steroids. 650 0 $a Substance abuse $z South Africa. 650 2 $a Anabolic Agents $0 (DNLM)D045930 650 7 $a Anabolic steroids. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00808194 650 7 $a Doping in sports. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00896938 650 7 $a Substance abuse. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01136767 651 7 $a South Africa. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204616 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117030748.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=915E7E88664511EDB99D19AA23ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search