Being a boomer, I remember those eastern bloc female teams. I definitely remember facial hair on a Bulgarian ‘lady’. I’m positive it’s not a distorted memory.
The Germans were big on hormone treatments. Probably pumping the women full of testosterone. A lot of the drug cheating came from their research. They didn’t allow outside testing of their contestants.
Government and sports don’t mix. In fact, most things and gov’t don’t do well together.