When Heroes LieMovie
A huge doping scandal erupted at the 2001 cross-country skiing world championship in Lahti, Finland, leading to large numbers of disqualifications. Athletes from the host country in particular had made generous use of illegal performance-enhancing drugs. It was to be the precursor of more drug cases at the Winter Olympics a year later in Salt Lake City. When Heroes Lie analyzes the history of doping from the 1970s to the present day, using archive footage and interviews with skiers, coaches and experts.
About When Heroes Lie
When Heroes Lie is a 2012 documentary movie directed by Arto Halonen.
The production information lists a runtime of 1h 59m, production credits from Finland, an original language code of FI.
The credited cast includes Esko Aho, Arto Halonen, Paavo M. Petäjä, Leila Ketola. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
