The Russian Affair

The True Story of the Couple who Uncovered the Greatest Sporting Scandal
It was the story that shocked the world: Russian athletics was revealed to be corrupt from top to bottom, with institutional ...

The True Story of the Couple who Uncovered the Greatest Sporting Scandal
It was the story that shocked the world: Russian athletics was revealed to be corrupt from top to bottom, with institutionalised doping used to help the nation's athletes win medals they did not truly deserve. But the full story of the couple who blew the whistle has never been told - until now. When Russian anti-doping official Vitaly Stepanov met the young 800m athlete Yuliya Rusanova, for him it was love at first sight.
Within two months, they were married. But there was a problem - in fact, there were lots of problems