The Rio Summer Olympics begin this August. As the athletes focus on the challenges ahead of them, the prevalence of doping in professional sports casts a shadow over yet another athletic event. Leave it to Last Week Tonight’s John Oliver to bring the truth in humor behind the extent of the pervasive cheating, the organizations which oversee the testing and the lengths to which athletes go to achieve sporting glory. Bet you didn’t know Oliver was actually the vanished twin of cyclist Tyler Hamilton, who’s DNA somehow ended up in the blood used for Tyler’s drug test. Who’da thunk? Cue “inspiration training montage!” (WARNING: Hamilton & Oliver are not related.)
Mentions: Last Week Tonight returns July 24th at 11pm on HBO.