What started off as an amateur cyclist deciding to dope himself to see how much of a difference it would make ended up, over three and a half years, exposing one of the biggest scandals in sports history: Russia’s state-sponsored Olympic doping program.
Filmmaker Bryan Fogel sets out on a mission to learn about performance-enhancing drugs in sports. What he ends up discovering is far bigger than anyone could have even imagined.
“Icarus” arrives on Netflix on 4th August and you can see the trailer below: