Review: Deny, Deny, Deny

The rule of an addict that refuses to admit their problem – deny, deny, deny. Whether a legal substance or not, all of the addiction programmes say that the will to change has to come from within, from that additional admission, “I have a problem.” But all too often in sport, the desire to win overrules the professional responsibility to play fair. As coach Rona (Zoë Waites) so aptly highlights, the problem is in Goldman’s dilemma – 50% of athletes would sacrifice their health, even their lives, for that chance of sporting immortality.