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Filmmaker and journalist Jill Yesko is a former cyclist who represented the United States in the 1983 World University Games and competed in the Olympic Trials. She is one of only a handful of women documentary filmmakers who specialize in sports. Jill's documentary Tainted Blood: The Untold Story of the 1984 Olympic Blood Doping Scandal uncovers the biggest doping scandal in U.S. Olympic history. Tainted Blood was recently screened in Spain at the International Cycling Film Festival and has been shown around the U.S. in theaters, at academic conferences and at private screenings. In 2018 the film will screen at two international Olympic conferences. Tainted Blood currently streams on Amazon. In addition to film making, Jill's writing has appeared in Women's Sports & Fitness, Shape, Fitness Swimmer, and numerous other magazines. Jill is the author of the acclaimed crime fiction novels and has been profiled in O, the Oprah magazine.