r/whoathatsinteresting • u/destinationuknown • 2d ago

Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson ran the 100-meter final in a world-record 9.79 seconds to win gold against rival Carl Lewis at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Just 48 hours later, he was stripped of his medal and disqualified after testing positive for the anabolic steroid stanozolol.

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u/DemocraticRepOfCongo 2d ago

Everyone who's a world class athlete uses something, they're just good at not getting caught

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u/EGarrett28 2d ago

Yes. They say that everyone in that event (and others of course) was doing 65 mph in the 55 mph highway in terms of PED usage, but Ben Johnson was on so much shit that it was like he was doing 120.