Cycling doping documentary 'Icarus' wins Oscar

Film by Bryan Fogel and Dan Cogan started out as a documentary on doping for an amateur cycling event, but ended up exposing Russian state-sponsored doping programme

Icarus has been nominated for the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature

(Image credit: Netflix)

Doping documentary film Icarus won an Oscar for best documentary feature on Sunday night's 90th annual Academy Awards in Hollywood.

The Netflix-backed film by Bryan Fogel and Dan Cogan originally set out to chart the progress of Fogel as he took performance-enhancing substances to prepare for the amateur Haute Route cycling event.

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