A huge doping scandal erupted at the 2001 cross-country skiing world championship in Lahti, Finland, leading to large numbers of disqualifications. Athletes from the host country in particular had made generous use of illegal performance-enhancing drugs. It was to be the precursor of more drug cases at the Winter Olympics a year later in Salt Lake City. When Heroes Lie analyzes the history of doping from the 1970s to the present day, using archive footage and interviews with skiers, coaches and experts.
Esko Aho
as Himself
Arto Halonen
as Himself - Narrator
Paavo M. Petäjä
as Himself
Leila Ketola
as Herself
Suvi Lindén
as Herself
Heikki Laapio
as Himself
Matti Lehesjoki
as Himself
Hannu Itkonen
as Himself
Johanna Aatsalo
as Herself
Kari Väisänen
as Himself
Inggard Lereim
as Himself
Antti Leppävuori
as Himself
