In the 1980s, Anna (Bárdos), a young and talented Czech sprinter, starts training for the Olympics. After she collapses during training, she learns she is being given steroids as part of her preparation. Anna decides to stop using the steroids even though it may affect her performances. But when she comes last in a race, her mother teams up with Anna's coach to continue to administer the steroids in the guise of vitamins.