"Early in the episode, an anonymous social media account accuses Chris of doping while training for the 2016 Summer Games. While she's advised to ignore the accusation, she discovers that one of her former high school teammates is behind the allegations, and decides to confront her live on a podcast hosted by UBN colleague Bro Hartman (Boyd Holbrook), who fans the flames between them."
"Once faced with a steroid prescription, Chris ultimately cops to doping before the Olympics, after losing her son Amari in early labor. Her sponsors had dropped her when she got pregnant and Chris couldn't keep up on the track, so she resorted to taking steroids in order to regain her strength and provide for her family, but quit using them before the Olympic qualifiers."
"Speaking to Bustle, Beharie admits she didn't see the storyline coming. "I was surprised when I read it that this is where we were going, because it's such a departure from what Chris presented herself as and how people, I think, saw her last season," she says. However, she thought "the writing was so beautiful," and wanted to do the story justice."
Chris Hunter faces anonymous online accusations of doping related to her 2016 Olympic training and confronts a former high school teammate on a live UBN podcast. A revealed steroid prescription prompts Chris to admit to using performance-enhancing drugs before the Olympics after losing her son Amari in early labor. Sponsors dropped her during pregnancy, leaving financial and competitive pressures that drove her to steroids to regain strength and support her family. She stopped using the drugs before Olympic qualifiers. The storyline explores pregnancy loss, career fallout, and the difficult choices faced by an elite athlete.
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