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Originally Posted by troutman
Hero or villain? Ben Johnson and the dirtiest race in history
http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/23/sport/...html?hpt=hp_c3
Six of the eight finalists in Seoul would later fail drugs test or be implicated in their use. While before the race the IOC had largely been ambivalent on the issue, the embarrassment caused by the scandal lead to a new regime of drug testing
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Nice article. Lots of ironies in this 'Canadian' history of doping in the Olympics that would later change the world's view and approach of drug use in sports. A Canadian sprinter broke OR and WR beating out his nemesis, Carl Lewis in one of the most exciting race ever but that all came to a halt when Ben was caught with steroids in his system. Charlie Francis, a Canadian sprint coach of Ben, broke it wide open with charts, graphs and confessions. It would take another Canadian, a lawyer named Dick Pound, one of those names you would associate an adult movie actor with, to head WADA-making the fight against drug use in sports more successful.