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Jan 9, 2018 · Ben Johnson was born in Jamaica on December 30th, 1961. At the age of 14, he moved to Toronto and from then on, became a citizen of Canada. Johnson progressed rapidly in his adopted country and by ...
Sep 25, 2016 · Ben Johnson was fast, justice was faster. The Canadian sprinter lost his Olympic gold when he failed a drug test 28 years ago. There’s no doubt he was a drug cheat. But today, new information ...
Aug 30, 2013 · Disgraced sprinter turned anti-doping campaigner Ben Johnson on his bid for redemption. ... Ben Johnson: Doping's reluctant poster boy wants soul set free. Published. 31 August 2013.
Sep 5, 2013 · It has been nearly 25 years since the “dirtiest race in history,” the Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson’s gold-medal-winning, and steroid-infused, 100-meter dash at the Seoul Olympics. On ...
Oct 5, 2010 · Ben Johnson, a shy and stuttering 19-year-old Jamaican sprinter who was still battling to adapt to a strange new life in Canada, listened in puzzlement to the coach he revered. He had weighed only ...
Oct 26, 2010 · Ben Johnson: from Seoul to Soul. The former sprinter looks to his past lives to explain his present one. Jonathon Gatehouse. October 26, 2010. Photo illustration by Sarah MacKinnon. Ben Johnson ...
The image from the 1988 Olympic Games indelibly etched into most people’s minds is the sight of Ben Johnson pointing skywards as he tore over the finishing line in the 100m final with a nonplussed Carl Lewis trailing in his wake. It was the moment doping reared its ugly on the world stage and marked a watershed in the fight against drug cheats.
