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Ben on Anti-Drugs Mission, Reaches Media in 25 Countries
Puresport PSA video – Aug. 2013
Ben Johnson is promoting an anti-doping campaign, Pure Sport, #ChooseTheRightTrack…
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Diego Maradona, Ben Johnson urge youth to run from drugs
Gulf News – Nov. 25, 2013
Dubai: It was a special moment for Argentine football legend Diego Maradona and the controversial former sprinter Ben Johnson. Catching up on the sidelines of the fourth international conference on Sport versus Crime…
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Ben Johnson: I was 'nailed on a cross' for 25 years
Fox News – Sept. 24, 2013
Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson returned to Seoul's Olympic Stadium on Tuesday -- 25 years to the day after the steroid-assisted 100m final victory that destroyed his career and reputation…
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Pride in Ben Johnson
Ottawa Citizen – Sept. 30, 2013
Canadians still haunted by Ben Johnson's dishonesty? You have got to be kidding me. If you are a true patriotic Canadian and a knowledgeable fan of world-class track and field, you were never haunted…
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Ben runs First Race in more than 20 years as Crowd Cheers
CTV News – June 12, 2013
More than twenty years after his fall from grace, Johnson was back on the track Tuesday night anchoring his pro-am relay team to victory…
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Ben urges Carl Lewis to come clean and admit using performance enhancing drugs
News.com.au – Sept. 12, 2013
Lewis tested positive three times to banned stimulants during his decorated athletics career…
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Then the World Exploded
Grantland – Oct. 9, 2012
For 9.79 seconds in Seoul, a perfect moment at the 1988 Summer Olympics…
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9.79*: Is it Time to Rethink Johnson's Legacy in Canada?
TSN – Oct. 18, 2012
It was one of the greatest achievements in the history of Canadian sports…
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One For the Record Books
Sportsnet - Sept. 2013
Twenty-five years after Seoul, Ben Johnson should be remembered not for his PED ban, but for his greatness.
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TSN Radio Interview
International Sports Report – Jan 2013
Listen in on one of Ben's most candid and revealing interviews.
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Ben Trains International Junior Hockey League Team
Sept. 20, 2012
Ben integrates sports psychology with dryland training for an International Junior Hockey League team.
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New Book on Ben’s Famous Race
Sports Magazine - June 7, 2012
A bitter rivalry, a terrible twist — Richard Moore, author of a new book on the men’s 100m final at Seoul, explains why its impact is still felt today…
Sept 1987
Aug 1988
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March 2000
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1988 Seoul Olympics
100m 9.79
The race of my life. I reached the highest level of track anyone could dream of. Coming from Jamaica, with no money in my pocket, to rising to the top of the world in 9.79 seconds.
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1987 Rome World Championships
100m 9.83
Charlie caught me napping before this big race. I yawned and told him, “It’s hot out there. It will only take a few minutes to warm up....
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1987 World Indoor Championships, Indianapolis
60m 6.41
Moving so fast I flipped over a waist high wall, landed on a concrete floor, but bounced back up. Set a new world record.