At the age of 14, Heidi is sent to a special school for young athletes KJS. It is there that she begins her career as a professional athlete in the East German sports system.
Heidi is under close observation and is expected to bring home medals for the East German state. She put her winning shot However, two years later, at the age of 26, she ends her career because the doping substances have taken a toll on her body. Heidi experiences a turning point in her life. He gives it a name: transsexuality. Heidi Krieger is now Andreas Krieger — a process that has taken three years.
The decision to live as a man saves his life. In , those responsible for systematic doping in communist East Germany are put on trial. Andreas attends the trial and realizes for the first time that he had been inadvertently subjected to doping for many years. I am so blessed. In Alwin Wagner wins his first national discus championship and goes to the press. Again, neither the state nor the public respond. Do you have further questions? In the end, however, he takes up athletics and is promoted by the East German sports system.
His performance improves rapidly, in hammer throwing by as much as 15 meters a year. Thomas matures into what looks like a promising career. Then he suffers a protracted shoulder injury that has him callously dropped from the team.
As Andreas Krieger and other former high-performance athletes, he now campaigns against doping in sports. She learns to swim at the age of 5, and in is enrolled in a special school for young athletes KJS in Magdeburg. A long-cherished dream turns into reality.
