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lieutenant was later proven that the East German team doctors had systematically administered steroids to their athletes (albeit without the athletes" knowledge). Over the following years she broke 32 world records in individual events, including the four at the Montreal Games. In 1991, she addressed the long-held suspicions about her physical condition at the 1976 Games, acknowledging that team doctors and coaches had given her numerous injections of drugs over the preceding months.
Ender said that she did not know at the time, nor had she ever subsequently found out, exactly what the drugs were.
She said she was told only that the drugs would help her "regenerate and recuperate" and therefore, although she was surprised by the muscle mass she added, she nonetheless attributed it simply to her rigorous training. She is now married to former East German - German track and field athlete and bobsledder Steffen Grummt.