To be an athlete in a Communist Regime one must be willing to become a war weapon, ordered to do whatever it takes to win. And here is just what it takes….

The year is 1991. The Soviet Union is collapsing and the 13 year old athletes are expected to show the world that the Soviet Union is still a superpower. The snow is falling by the buckets from the night sky. I have been jumping rope for 2.5 hours. At 85 lbs I still have 7 lbs to loose and had already taken three diuretic pills and two laxatives that day. (more…)