Donald Crowhurst

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Donald Crowhurst (1932–1969) was an English businessman and amateur sailor who died while competing in the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race, a single-handed, round-the-world yacht race. Crowhurst had entered the race in hopes of winning a cash prize from the Sunday Times to aid his failing business. Instead, he encountered difficulty early in the voyage, and secretly abandoned the race while reporting false positions, in an attempt to appear to complete a circumnavigation without actually circling the world. Evidence found after his disappearance indicates that this attempt ended in insanity and suicide.

Doping verboten?

1904 durften Athleten kein Wasser trinken.

Eines der Hauptprobleme im internationalen Profi-Sport ist die unerlaubte Leistungssteigerung durch Doping. Thomas Hicks, der Gewinner des Marathonlaufs bei den Sommerspielen 1904, erhielt beispielsweise von seinem Trainer selbst während des Rennens Brandy, das mit Strychnin angereichert war. Das Trinken von Wasser war damals unerklärlicherweise verboten.