The dirtiest 100m final in Olympic history

The story of the 1988 100 meter final dash at the Seoul, korea Olympic games is that of legend.
#olympics #100m #benjohnson

[@Cloaked_got_Tech]

Imagine coming 7th in a race but still getting gold

[@Diawarrior]

7 and 8 were legit

[@eltorpedo67]

I don't think any other athletes competing in that race were stripped of their medals. The others weren't found out immediately after. Carl Lewis is still listed as the Gold medal winner.

[@boxer6796]

They just ever failed...Doesn't mean the other two were clean!

[@FairGame2000]

Ayos lang sa pilipino yun, pagkabigay ng Gold Medal, selfie, tapos bawiin niyo na, wala na kaming pake sa Gold Medal na yan, selfie lang ang habol namin sa Medal, inyo na ulit

[@martinosborne6635]

Lewis wasn't stripped

[@oooops8883]

"so our roided up guy beat your roided up guy"

[@jayc3479]

B Burr.😆

[@travisstrickland7270]

Probably. I think our raided up guy was Gay so ya know they protected him. SMH

[@donovangreen4361]

He was set up

[@overlordp.3758]

Pretty much

[@hod2116]

are you trying to tell me that a grown as man with braces wis taking growth hormones 🤔

[@TweedSuit]

Lewis: I don't know how he does it. I use the same shit he does.

[@randyzoo8944]

😂😂😂

[@CrzYbaDmutha2245]

This is a good comment.

[@ericwalsh2954]

Im aware your telling a joke, but some people literally hyper respond to certain compounds, theyre body probably makes less because of this so off gear they wont be that crazy but when they take it they shift into something else, its quite literally like adding the last jigsaw piece, depending on how honest with timelines you think ronnie is he would be an example of someone who wasnt actually a hyper responder his genetics were already that good

[@goliathonscave9834]

At that time, the Americans were using growth hormone (undetectable and too expensive for the other athletes) while the other athletes were using steroids. Now growth hormone is affordable by all the sprinters and the playing field has been leveled. As a result, the US dominance in the sprints has diminished. Yes, I am a runner (with a lot of connections to the people in that race) with some inside knowledge....

[@breeminor498]

​@@goliathonscave9834 Naw, stop trying to soil American sprinters. Proof going to require more than your comment. Carl was not juice.

[@daviddejesus5376]

"I passed over 500 drug tests." ~Lance Armstrong

[@greencm7142]

I got to admit: the blood transfusion approach to cheating was pretty slick.

[@geofflepper3207]

I eventually stopped watching the Tour de France because inevitably a few years later it would come out that the winner had used banned substances.

[@user-wi6cz4hh5b]

Hahahaha

[@LanceFloray-rn2lg]

I could pass 500 drug test- Lance Floray

[@GazB85]

He was able to pass them because he had had testicular cancer and was taking testosterone replacement cause if it. This allowed him to take extra when not being tested and get away with it.

[@Rondo2ooo]

That was a Pharma convention, not a 100m race.

[@adeolu9187]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@vaughankorede521]

😂😂😂

[@SouLbigdaddy]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@reficuleveningmoon6765]

💀

[@michaeloluseyijesubunmi7938]

🤣🤣🤣

[@CalamityHillMusic]

"In a world where everyone's guilty, the only crime is getting caught" - Hunter S Thompson

[@gilbertvega4012]

Boom 💥 👌 💥 that's so right

[@draoicht22]

Stupid man

[@kenzo7513]

bolt never had and never will. jamaica aint got them high tech drugs. raw talent baby.

[@mdh1048]

That’s a powerful quote

[@carlosrodriguez3594]

Exactly

[@zislec]

I remember that. The media absolutely ended Johnson’s character and career. To hear now, that everybody was juiced up is crazy.

[@sneakypetepatterson-fn4mk]

what you hear is the jamaican tethers trying to deflect from their homies sordid history of cheating , he wanted to be a first , ambition can bring you down sometimes .

[@olayinkaoladimeji3116]

​@@sneakypetepatterson-fn4mkno. You heard right. 6 of 8 were juiced up. Period.

[@LADYG-gl1jx]

@@sneakypetepatterson-fn4mknope. He represented CANADA. Jamaica has nothing to do with this. He chose to represent CANADA. He isn’t a Jamaican athlete.

[@michaelwright1234567]

Everybody wasn't. Two of them weren't. Learn to count.

[@PetyBetty]

The line that got me as he went there is a Canadian and came back Jamaican. Utterly devastating to be discarded all the coaches knew he was doping everybody knew what they were doing and he got expelled from the country. This is a perfect reason of why black folks should never go and try to represent a white people. The media did not say that almost everyone tested positive. I'm hungry right now I just learned this and I remember watching this race

[@jayc3479]

Level playing field, they all juiced.

[@billcosby9999]

6/8 =100% genius.

[@Matthewcoxinsidetruecrim.e]

@@billcosby9999 the others just didn't get caught

[@billcosby9999]

@@Matthewcoxinsidetruecrim.e cope

[@jasonwood392]

And still do. Lol

[@muleyamwiinga3988]

Not all juice is equal

[@adjeiboateng6720]

All of them doped. All of them. Johnson was the scapegoat

[@thomasjonesiv9673]

Wrong. Hsaid

[@iam01]

Exactly!

[@half_eaten.hooker]

No. You don't get awarded after 3rd.

[@chiarosuburekeni9325]

Because he smoked the rest of them lol. Of course he was the scapegoat. You literally have to make him that lol

[@maziochendu5258]

That would be the truth tbh

[@Gizo02]

A doped up Ben Johnson out sprinted a doped up Carl Lewis and Linford Christie.

[@M-Myrtle-R]

I think the only two people that were clean were The guy from Brazil and I think Calvin Smith from Usa

[@Paulthompson9942]

​@@M-Myrtle-R Calvin was my favourite when I was a child even though I'm English, I liked the way he ran

[@Blaze352oak]

I don’t think Carl was one of the six to fail a drug test

[@peezebeuponyou3774]

@@Blaze352oak It was impossible for superstar Carl Lewis to fail a drugs test... Just look at his cheeks and teeth braces.

[@adrianpoesiat]

@@Blaze352oakyes. Retesting samples proved he was doping. During the 1984 Olympics, the IOC found evidence that the American track team management were involved in doping. The Americans threatened to pull out of the LA games if it went public. Not just the communist bloc was doing state sponsored doping

[@south97north]

Even Carl Lewis tested positive for a banned substance.😂

[@Taalanos]

the exact same banned substance, he just didn't know it goes by different names lol

[@PadDum]

That’s the joke right there. IOC stupidity. Smith the only clean one.

[@ajv9912]

Not true. Prior to the Olympics he did test positive for banned stimulants, but at levels that would not prevent him from competing today. He was cleared for inadvertent usage. I don’t like the guy, but saying he took the same stuff as Johnson is 100% lying.

[@braindonor8753]

​@@ajv9912 oh come on. They were aa bad aa Russia for mass doping.

[@DropBear_42]

@@braindonor8753 yeah Russia invented Turinabol (nicknamed tbol) which is a steroid that is often used today for bodybuilding. Dianabol (dbol) is one of the steroids bodybuilders used most in Arnold’s era (you can easily find videos of him talking about this, as they weren’t illegal back then). What dbol does is add massive strength and mass gains, a lot of water weight/retention, and is a “wet” compound as with the water retention your blood pressure, estrogen, etc goes up. Tbol is like an adjusted dbol, snd is a “dry” compound. It has strength gains but not as crazy as dbol, but without any water retention, blood pressure issues, and estrogenic side effects, snd greatly increases endurance. Also bevause it was new, it was difficult to detect as you had to test for pulsating signs of it rather than a consistent showing. Jon jones was caught years ago through this method as well.

[@luigimarra4077]

ben johnson is still an olympic champion in my book. the field was level, they were all positive.

[@kaitlanparks8061]

Just go with: “He’s an Olympic athlete.” Don’t give credit where it is not due so as to make it worthless.

[@Fuzsion187]

No. They were NOT "all" positive. In case you missed it, there were two who tested negative. These were the real winners.

[@Michd0417]

No one talks about this enough 90% of them were taking substances

[@chrishenry5945]

@@Fuzsion187you mean, two of them didn’t get caught. They were all using back at that time.

[@patfromamboy]

No they weren’t all positive

[@boopah4365]

Imagine being the 6th place doped up guy...

[@4exgold]

u know it's time to quit the sport when that happens 😂

[@tottTownbiz]

Carl was like he more juiced than Tropicana 😂😂

[@WorkFromYourLaptop]

After he popped, Canada was like “yeah that boy Jamaican” 😂

[@ArnoldRothstein-h5r]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Diboh]

they love you when u pass,but let u fall when you fail

[@tomasnokechtesledger1786]

If he wasnt catch on, would be the "Best Canuk" of all times. Society is such a beach.

[@frederickweeksjr.1189]

You get it

[@frederickweeksjr.1189]

​@@tomasnokechtesledger1786Hypocrites

[@175139]

Regardless of what happened afterwards, I still get pleasure watching the race. Ben's performance, combined with the look on Lewis' face when he knew he lost it. Pure joy 🤗

[@arsenioseslpodcast3143]

PEDs

[@jimmason8502]

The look of utter defeat on Carl's face is priceless. He's an arrogant prick who should have been banned several times but the USA controlled anti-doping back then which is why Flo-Jo was never caught and why her records are still on the books.

[@richardowens7855]

❤🎉100% How I feel roids or not.

[@donarthiazi2443]

@@richardowens7855Yeah really. Let em take whatever they want to, it's their life on the line. I just want to see the best performance possible... in all sports on any level!! Jose Canseco for President!!

[@Somi.33.]

That would be fair.​@@donarthiazi2443

[@sundarmann6167]

This is one heck of a Big Pharma gathering in Seoul 😂

[@columkenn]

Every Olympics since is just as doped

[@bmuzic1]

The only mistake Ben Johnson made was not running for Jamaica.

[@Corbots80]

At least it would have been Jamaica's disgrace instead of Canada's 🤷‍♂️

[@bmuzic1]

@Corbots80 No, he wouldn't have been taking drugs

[@WickedWaiata]

@@bmuzic1 Absolutely!

[@winiver77]

To me it was the greatest race . It was so exciting I remember it many moons ago ! I felt sorry for Ben ! The whole race was magical !

[@bmuzic1]

@winiver77 they trick him completely he should have spoke up ,,,Ben didn't need that JUICE lol the man is juice

[@lijmes]

I now seriously only wanna watch a juiced Olympics with best pharma as a category.

[@coopet4008]

Fuck it let's see how high humans can really jump

[@SilviuBurcea1]

Most of the anti doping restrictions are set because PEDs affect the athlete's health.

[@rakeshramesh4585]

Hahahaha

[@alypha737]

Juiced olympics? Oh so you mean the olympics then

[@romanstarr01]

Rxactly, let em run juiced.. Any athlete testing negative is disqualified. One other change should be installed.. If Im from Hayseedville, Kansas and I want to represent the South Pole BFE, that should be OK.

[@Mr_Brown876]

"I left for Korea as a Canadian but returned Jamaican-born." I bet if every athlete from Jamaica ran for Jamaica, we would dominate every single Track Meet.

[@BenJover]

You mean with the steroids?

[@jussayinmipeece1069]

true but unfortunately thru system is cash strapped so many of those great athletes would fall through the cracks. I sure did.

[@kelainefes]

That's very likely.

[@shaneashby5890]

One-hit wonders!

[@SuperFilthiest]

Not the point of the statement

[@jodyporter3879]

Was one of the best race I had ever seen as a kid, loved it

[@hiltonvandyk9103]

Ben was a savage it was always amazing watching him run,Carl Lewis is just a saw looser

[@nsudatta-roy8154]

​@@hiltonvandyk9103I was happay af to see Carl lose. Ben was amazing to watch.

[@mr.starks]

Not gonna lie, Canada did turn their back on em for real. "Running for Canada" to "Jamaican born"

[@marco26gdm]

He's a cheater, should they support him? I guess that's not an option.

[@mr.starks]

@@marco26gdm I agree, however media didn't have to keep mentioning Jamaica.

[@flopo3044]

​@marco26gdm America supported crl lewis Flo jo , Tim Montgomery,Marion Jones etc 😅

[@eironwyman8157]

@@marco26gdm they were all cheating and yet stupid americans(sorry for the redundancy) still think Lewis is a hero.

[@xn9333]

Good, he was representing someone else and should've been responsible

[@thecardoski]

As a 12 year old, I idolized Ben. Hurt when when they put him on trial. Never had another idol.

[@donarthiazi2443]

Whatever 🙄

[@cathynewyork7918]

I understand how it hurts when your hero falls. I was a big fan of track star Marion Jones, and I was devastated when she turned out to be a drug user. I hope my other track hero Alyson Felix is "clean.'

[@jamierose4088]

The dirtiest part was taking Ben's metal. If it was not an American in 2nd, Ben would still have his gold.

[@Sw-iz7ww]

Especially when you consider that the IOC refused to award the gold to the 2nd placed athlete after it was taken away from Marion Jones because the 2nd placed athlete had also failed a drugs test at some time.

[@moefinesse9878]

I used to see Ben Johnson at the York University track and field. Man, I felt so sorry for the man. We all know Carl Lewis was also juiced let alone the entire 100 m sprinters. They sewer him cause he's representing Canada 🇨🇦

[@Corbots80]

Everyone was on something in that age

[@exoticcarfactsofficialchan7050]

The lesson to take away from this is: "Remember where you actually came from, because they will never let you forget."

[@xn9333]

Meh

[@THESLlCK]

Or don’t intentionally cheat and try to act like a victim. You people are embarrassing

[@mr_casual_Shorts]

U dumb

[@mjelombilini7628]

Mouthful, well said.

[@andylengyel3459]

Ur dealer please?

[@markhine7025]

This race was timeless for several reasons ... Yes, most of the athletes, including Lewis, were juicing. It proved far and away just how much better phd's could improve times. And, it finally erased the squeaky clean image of Lewis that so many had been inundated with for so long.

[@andres.e.]

Nobody talks about how Lewis ALSO had a positive drug test result in his career… but was swept under the rug.

[@pdthatremayns]

Prove it.

[@andres.e.]

@@pdthatremayns No, YOU research it! Don't be lazy and look 'honestly' for the truth.

[@Baccanaso]

​@@andres.e.it wasnt steroids

[@ericw3229]

Not in Seoul

[@footballvidshd5421]

​@Baccanaso if it wasn't steroids why was it covered up for 15 years. why did Lewis and 9 of his santa Monica teammates get braces despite have good teeth?

[@jussayinmipeece1069]

many lessons were learnt that day

[@allbaugh04]

I'm 100 percent positive bolt was clean...

[@vishvasrinivasan7084]

You are right. Bolt has always tested negative. He has never failed a drug test.

[@ToLovelyJesus]

I believe he is.

[@DeEmperor1]

Most of them were roided up. Even Carl Lewis who said "i dont know how he does it". Meanwhile, that name "Ben Johnson" became synonymous with "running" in Nigeria. People used it on the streets in sentences: "I immediately the fight started it was Ben Johnson for me".

[@garethlyons2678]

His performance still sends shivers down my spine. Roids or no Roids.

[@huepix]

True. Nailed the start and blew everyone away. Lewis was known for his last 50, but it didn't help him that day

[@kr-sz1oj]

I Agree

[@sarahjessicafarter7383]

Mr Johnson did not have hemorrhoids that is a ridiculous accusation.

[@aaryo_dhravidan]

​@@sarahjessicafarter7383 😭😭😭😭😂😂😂

[@brianforde7967]

That’s right

[@travfdy]

That 😭 face Carl Lewis makes is legendary

[@backalleycqc4790]

"Ben, do you chee'tah?" "I chee'tah all the time..."

[@ankurshah23]

6 out of 8? So the bronze was still up for grabs. Now that's history.

[@Irishesbox11]

Johnson was the best 60m sprinter of all time easily the greatest starter. He needed juice for the last 40meters everybody else in that starting line up was juicing

[@Gulkave]

He had a tremendous start to races. He reacted faster to the initial shot and his muscles propelled him also faster than other runners. Then after this initial blast, he had lesser speed than its competitors in the 40 final meters.

[@justgo_withit8850]

Since everyone was high asf, whats the problem 😅

[@RhetoricalMuse]

One person got too hgh and made it obvious

[@pmarcusb]

Ben Johnson was a beast. He had that Usain bolt lead. 😂😂

[@gofeukurself6465]

I've seen some estimates that without the early hand raise, Ben Johnson would have time 9.72, a time not beaten until Usain Bolt.

[@jon-snow-GOT]

What a quote. He should have been running for Jamaica anyway

[@fredlin6303]

Canada paid more - as long as he did not get caught

[@meryx14]

Won olympic games with 9.79. Usain Bolt: Hold my beer.

[@DanHunterSportsWriter]

It was the greatest final in history!! Athletics was huge then. Carl Lewis was Sugar Ray Leonard. He was a global megastar. Then suddenly he had his Roberto Duran in Ben Johnson. Ben was a fucking beast! He had an aura of menace and raw power like Mike Tyson. Brooding and monosyllabic, he was the perfect nemesis for the made-for-TV Lewis. When Ben beat Carl at the World Championships in 1987 and shattered the world record running 9.83 it was stunning stuff. However in Seoul Johnson had struggled in his heats and he barely scraped into the Olympic final while Lewis cruised through his looking majestic. I set my alarm clock for 4 am to watch the final. It remains the most exhilarating ten seconds of my life as a sports fan. Ben didn't just win, he ran 9.79! 9.79!!! It was the kind of moment when all you can do is just stare at the screen in disbelief. Obviously I know what happened next. But as a sports fan, that final and those ten seconds were as good as it gets. I was on a high for the next 48 hours.

[@phillipsolesky2677]

You have to really feel for the actual athletes who were clean.

[@PeruvianPotato]

At least Calvin Smith won a bronze medal. Can't say the same for poor Robson da Silva

[@Someone-hi1nt]

So you feel bad for none of them

[@peteroliver7975]

Lewis was clean

[@bradparmar4728]

Yes, so clean they probably got Clean facilities to Come, Participate n Leave. ( It's a Competition for Best Chemists n Bio's)

[@Ken-yp1dg]

I’m Canadian and proud of Ben Johnson.

[@myway5536]

I don't care what he took he ran that race it happened he kicked they ass that day

[@herrdocjdm]

Ben Johnson, what a national embarrassment for Canada.

[@studiobauhaus7740]

Fuck Canada..Ben Johnson gets more respect now than fucking Canada

[@Vongreimbf109]

The finest flying start of all time

[@seangates900]

My grandfather taught Ben in high school, and this race happened when I was 8. Lots of emotions then. I can't imagine the pressure these athletes are under.

[@ramboali8541]

Carl was tight 😂😂😂

[@novemberalpha6023]

"You are disqualified for having steroids." "But sire, others are on steroids too..." "Good point... Here's your 🏆.... Congratulations."

[@clanboss85]

Why couldn’t he have said Canadian sprinter? Why did Jamaica 🇯🇲 name had to get involved?

[@philbertgrant3744]

Typical. If he had won cleanly in everyone's eyes Jamaica wouldn't get mention. 🤔

[@marccheatham5667]

Join Bulldog

[@marccheatham5667]

John Bulldog...

[@mohamedrahaman9238]

His point was that as long as he was a winner, the Canadians would claim him as their own. Once he failed the test, they disowned him. He was now that Jamaican guy.

[@robertlee4172]

Johnson was born in Jamaica.

[@evilschmoo]

After the race, 6 of 8 went into major league baseball

[@ostapovicz4359]

"How the f@k did it happen?😮 I take steroids too and Ben Johnson beat me by 2 metres "😅😅😅

[@andref.laforest5079]

he will always be the best sprinter in my book❤

[@BigAl444]

OK let's be real here. Lewis had cold medicine which may give you the jitters. Johnson was on stanozolol. I don't think you can really compare the two.

[@rh5308]

You can't

[@GreekboyyD]

Lewis was on the sauce too.

[@agaaga3243]

Imagine coming in 6th and thinking: damn, I must really suck, even on roids I can't get a medal 😂

[@ohwell808]

hes a legend. they just made am example out of him

[@inhocsignovinces1081]

During the same 1988 Olympics in Seoul, US boxer Roy Jones won all three rounds against his ROK opponent, but treachery and corruption gave the match to the Korean.

[@conchobar]

Olympic Track and Field has always been a dirty sport. It still is.

[@cbcacbca]

The difference was, Johnson looked like he'd been taking steroids.

[@Flexb123]

when sprinters looked like sprinters.

[@derekc7753]

9.79. Ben Johnson will always be Canadian to me. He was set up for a positive test. Every one of those guys were juicing. U.S.A. covered up Carl Lewis' positive tests.

[@signoresantinoburnett1169]

Juiced up Johnson smashing a Juicing Lewis😂

[@SteabhanMacGR2]

Regardless of how he won, he won and he sculpted his body and supplemented it with what worked for him clearly. Time to evaluate those who suppress supplements that work. Ben Johnson smashed it 💪

[@alanshuhimeabdulmajid3973]

I still remember that 80's Olympics. I was in my late teen... Today l am a 59 yr old grandaddy 😊

[@Jolifo1978]

Everybody takes drugs but Americans never get punished

[@razablanco3766]

You have no clue what you are talking about

[@teamjl7189]

America gets tested a lot because of endorsements . That's why we never get summer Olympics. So, you miss me on that shit. Talk to Russia their cheating asses

[@Jolifo1978]

@@teamjl7189 your fucking heroes like Carl lewis Armstrong were all on drugs and your government protected them you Americans cheat like everybody els but act like you don’t bunch of hypocrites that what you are i am 100% with Russia than your woke bitch ass country

[@teamjl7189]

@@Jolifo1978 your ass his swollen talen all that dick of lies

[@sunondalyons73]

Except that liar Marian Jones. Went to prison for a bit, never heard from her again.

[@MadaraUchihaaXx]

“Everybody on steroids.” -Nate Diaz

[@guillermocantizano2774]

😂😂

[@omg12345ohhh]

​@@guillermocantizano2774 lol 😆

[@TheChees1996]

I want to see an Olympian like this.

[@BAG97]

Fact 😂😂😂

[@HMK.]

🤣 You beat me to it

[@Brown87]

Lance Armstrong once said "if you ban all the guys who dope, you'd have to give my gold medal to the guy who finished in 117th place" 😂

[@4exgold]

😂😂

[@Brown87]

@@4exgold It's true 😄

[@bosstechnology23]

Probably still the funniest shit i've ever heard an athlete say.

[@Brown87]

@@bosstechnology23 The thing is, he's probably correct; so many of them dope 💉

[@Broodkast8]

Lance Armstrong is a credible source after all.

[@winstonpearson5282]

The two athletes who passed the drug test should have been awarded gold and silver according to how they finished....no bronze medal.

[@onniruusunen9444]

2 who weren't caught

[@Fonzleberry]

I'm sure they're are, but with advances in technology it's impossible to tell who. I like Clarence Kennedy's approach, do your own thing and avoid the IOC like the plague.

[@drproton85]

They were just clean that day. Most will use it when in training, but give it up days prior to the actual race as to not get caught.

[@ahadmerchant7510]

@@brettbordelon what about indoor shooting lmao. Drugs are prevelant in combat and athletics. Other sports don’t tend to have as many drug cheats.

[@newagain9964]

@@ahadmerchant7510 bruh. Indoor shorting is not a sport. 🤦

[@timw4369]

johnson took the fall for the entire field

[@SingtoMe_bb]

PED still running rampant in sports ... Peoples just getting smarter from being caught...!!!

[@oaitch]

You are absolutely right

[@ProfessorOfLogic81]

Because nobody cared who was cheating and came in 6th

[@63LIONHEART]

Agreed but at the time it was massive and he was a pariah. I even marveled that Lewis equaled Owens sweep. Loved Marion Jones too. Then the years rolled by, and I grew up. I can no longer look at any professional athlete the same as back then. I entered competitive bodybuilding too. Learned all about PEDs. Oh dear...

[@Colby_0-3_IRL_and_title_fights]

Half of the steroids in the race were in Ben's blood and all 8 of them were using steroids

[@iam01]

Carl Lewis tested positive during this Olympics too. They just forget to tell you that part.

[@brianjackson5732]

You clearly don't understand the difference between an over the counter stimulate that's banned and steroids.

[@gabrieldaniels6191]

@@brianjackson5732Lewis claimed it was over the counter but it was a banned substance 🤷🏿 they were all juiced

[@brianjackson5732]

@@gabrieldaniels6191 It was a substance in an over the counter cold medicine. If you cannot understand the context between a conversation about body changing steroids and a cold medication, there is nothing on a KZbin conversation that's going to enlighten you. He was not juiced, which is why he was not banned. He gave an explanation and it was accepted. Ben Johnson on the other hand, he tested positive for an anabolic steroid that lowered his 100m tine from 10.2 to 9.79.

[@Keepdapocket]

@@gabrieldaniels6191unfortunately, Carl’s banned substance was on the list at that time.

[@natural876]

Carl Lewis was also wearing braces at the time; testosterone and bone density have a solid relationship. Read between the lines

[@kazamaclan447]

At this point they should just have a juiced Olympics and a natural Olympics 😂

[@rickford2697]

Lol

[@douglasmclaughlin7096]

We do. We just don't say it out loud.

[@asgacc8789]

​@@douglasmclaughlin7096 Quieter for the boys in the front

[@jameskaft5233]

LooOooL

[@exspiravit6920]

Yeah, and I would probably only watch the juiced Olympics LOL I admit it.

[@conork325]

Knowing that Carl and the other racers took steroids, and he does admit to it, they should either reinstate Johnsons gold medal, or strip the medals altogether from that race.

[@peterruiz6117]

Was Johnson "clean" ? If so, yes.

[@annagalati34]

Knowing now that Lewis was just as bad apparently makes him a hypocrite.

[@MrTampaB]

@@annagalati34except he wasn’t or he would have been banned like Ben Johnson. Ben took anabolic steroids. Carl took over the counter cough and diet meds which has doses so low that they no longer meet the threshold for positive tests

[@pattiecake2468]

I question if these Men actually needed these steroids. Was there coherence?? Just curious

[@DDELFIERRO]

@@pattiecake2468Did they need steroids? Almost certainly! Remember that they had to get through multiple trials just to get to the Olympics, trials where the competition was likely using too just to be competitive. At the Olympics, not only were they going against equally juiced competition but they were elite talents on top of that. If they hadn’t juiced, somebody else would be in their Olympic spot.

[@kdm1360]

“I just don’t know how he does it” is code for test him

[@kevinkenny5663]

Carl Lewis had contracts for Grand Prix track and field events in Europe these happened during the offseason which is the heaviest workout season in a sprinter's year. Lewis would refuse to attend and literally had it in his contract that there must be absolutely zero drug testing. He grew an inch and a half after 19 years of age. If it wasn't for drugs he'd be as good a sprinter as he was at singing the national anthem

[@connerhockey2540]

@@kevinkenny5663he must’ve been really good at singing the national anthem😮

[@kevinkenny5663]

@@connerhockey2540 nice one. The video of him singing the National anthem tells you everything you ever need to know about Carl Lewis

[@leonfrancis3418]

​@@kevinkenny5663Damn, Carl got enemies even at this point in time.

[@paulinemclean375]

Carl was the dirtiest of the bunch. And the sorest loser.

[@MxGrr]

This was also the era of Juiced up MLB, people in the NFL were doing it, in cycling and lifting and others. It was the 80’s.

[@ShanteRoxxane]

They all still are.

[@2011burrell]

Man, I miss the 80's damn good years 😢

[@hellbent7062]

Not much difference nowadays. They were being tested in the 80's too just like this video shows. But now athletes have access to new drugs that can evade detection for a short time before new test procedures can catch up with it. Then they try to get off of it before it gets banned. Then crooked chemist create some new concoction that hasn't been on the black market long enough to get banned. So you can legally use it until the Olympic officials find out about it and ban it. Like a cat and mouse game.

[@GazB85]

They've been doing it since the beginning.

[@lambchop-bs3fy]

The era? 'Chemical assistance' has been part of sports way before the 80s

[@valentthor2655]

The papers in Canada read as follows - Canadian 🏃‍♀️ sprinter wins GOLD medal 🏅 - (next day ) - Jamaican-born Canadian gold medal sprinter suspected of steroid use!! Omg ! - On day 3 the newspapers read - Jamaican sprinter guilty of steroid use and stripped of the gold medal for cheating! ( no association to Canada whatsoever) lol

[@davidleonard7439]

This really happened??? 😂😂😂😂😂

[@valentthor2655]

@davidleonard7439 yup - pretty much - Canada - claims it's a multicultural county with the freedom to practice any religion or cultural beliefs! Once the immigrants sign the Citizenship slave agreement, The Corporation of CANADA begins their financial debts obligation to the rest of the crowns conferred corporation and tax the shit out of them, depending on the slave Colony ( province) they get to choose to live under as each 10 Colony (-aka ) province or territory HAS its unique construction of a Constitution! By law - CANADA is not a country- it's a corporation that's run by a defacto government with appointed CEO'S called " prime Minister " the media also us government licensed and Government funded- should they stray from the Davos narrative on any subject-( climate change, Epstine, plandemic, inflation, water shortages, Zelensky's AZOV Nazzi criminals, etc ) They will be defunded and their licenses revoked! The corporation of Chinada/ Canada is as , if not - more corrupt than the Ukrainian defacto puppet regime's installed by the globalist secret society members

[@hadescerberus8633]

Imagine my shock... Canadians are racist

[@007Hutchings]

No this did not happen. It would be hilarious if it did though.

[@marco26gdm]

No one likes cheaters...

[@cfapn4571]

Met Ben Johnson in the street in Toronto, dude is humble and polite

[@johnnersosoheavy5809]

met him at a party once in Toronto, super down to earth guy

[@ronsmith5601]

@@johnnersosoheavy5809 You guys are lucky. I wish I had run into him. He was the star of that race.

[@breakmylegs7294]

The reason they took the gold medal from him is simple, he's not an American

[@samking5170]

But cheater

[@TheOnlyOneSon]

Used to train with him @ York University. Will never say anything bad about the man.

[@setaside2]

Recall that Carl Lewis also failed tests but was for some reason allowed to race. Carl Lewis was given favorable treatment and to this day is a complete arsehole about it when it's brought up. He knows he was just as dirty as the rest of them.

[@walterlowe3585]

So true, I love that face he made like a kindergartner.

[@greg1288]

CL was f**kn Scarface himself bro!🤨🤔

[@sptx9670]

I didn't know Lewis was juiced as well.

[@walterlowe3585]

@@sptx9670 he was but is in denial Ben just had a better stack.

[@vincentmurphy3781]

and Flo Jo, another one from that stable

[@iaintmadatcha]

Carl Lewis always looked like the lost 6th brother of the Jacksons

[@desihay22]

💯💯💯💯💯

[@fredjohnson1996]

Never thought about it, but I can see it.

[@abj5791]

Hilarious 😂

[@mediaxld]

Dude that shit is hilarious! I can't believe I never noticed that before!!

[@kenrickeason]

😂😂😂😂 Now I can't unsee it now 😂😂😂😂

[@Krishnakumar-wl7ih]

Carl : I don't know how he does it. I was juiced up and he still beat me

[@cleanheartaddict]

Lol 😂😂😂 that’s it

[@sweetdjones]

💀🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🏆

[@jimpryor99]

Lewis was one of the two that tested clean

[@imaratspal]

@@jimpryor99 Carl Lewis tested positive 3 times before the Olympics but the Americans hid the results. After the results came to light, Lewis claimed it was from cold medicine. The other US sprinter who won a medal, Calvin Smith, and the Brazilian Robson Da Silva were the ones who never tested positive.

[@Bigbnfgv]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@marka9292]

He was the spokes person for an energy drink called cheetah and the catch phrase was him saying “it’s because I cheetah!” What a time to be alive

[@nihaalsandim9986]

Lmaooo

[@FungmanBaxter]

😊😊😅😅😮😮😮😢😢😢😢😢😂😂😂😮😮😮

[@missmymama1140]

this can't be true😂😂😂

[@geddybhaksar7803]

Lmao it was not it wasn't, it was "I Cheetah to Win" 😂

[@marka9292]

@@geddybhaksar7803 I think there were a few I remember him saying “I cheers all the time” too

[@lloydielloyd915]

I remember this at the time, just like Johnson himself said. He was hyped up and promoted as a Canadian leading up to the finals, and then as soon as he tested positive he became Jamaican. Liberties

[@lunix3259]

Thanks for explaining, I didn't get it

[@edschultz9551]

So in other words, despite his cheating, he still managed to make himself a victim.

[@CrashExhibition]

@@edschultz9551yeah, in other words that have nothing to do with the subject and are assembled by a dick, maybe!

[@Johnnywhamo]

@@edschultz9551 ...How did he make himself the victim? It was the the country and papers that suggested he was really Jamaican not Canadian. Johnson was thrown under the bus. Are you Canadian?

[@Xayuap]

both are queen countries. Charles is chief state from both

[@eaglevision9791]

WoW…..I remember watching this in real time. And then over and over and over while the media treated it like a F’king terrorist attack.

[@LoriJSykes]

Yes! Omg! Smh

[@fradoline]

Yeah. That certainly brought back memories.

[@shanmukhappas7564]

😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@shanmukhappas7564]

​@@fradoline😢😢😢😢😢

[@panmad6156]

It was one of the best races in olympic history, at the time. I loved it...

[@bogse]

Lewis tested positive. It was 100% politics. canada was not so important bussiness partnes with Korea as USA so they had to get rid of Johnson. There wasnt a single guy in this race without GEAR nor has ever been since in this level.

[@KC-Zico]

Me too🎉

[@PrinceofTroy-kx3nk]

Exactamundo. Roid or no roid, it was the best race ever. Superstars runners all around. Maybe it is the roid that made it so spectacular 😃.

[@DanHunterSportsWriter]

Absolutely!! My favourite by miles and possibly my single most exciting moment as a sports fan. I've just posted a long comment expanding on that if you wanna take a look..

[@thylacine1004]

Fastest ive ever seen

[@byronbarker6860]

I was 12 years old then. I was in a government boarding school. When I got home for the holidays there was a big spread about it in the newspaper. I scrapbooked it during the holidays - still have it today. Ben Johnson was my first childhood hero.

[@JPatelLive]

2nd hero was? 3rd? etc? Beyond no's: You be a hero to someone else now! GO! 🏆 𖡄

[@robertmitchell9529]

So you like cheaters?

[@malcolmmoodysr.8173]

​@@robertmitchell9529 lmaooooo 😂😂

[@srekalsrediar6855]

He cheated.. and CARL got the gold.

[@nnn6679]

@TheRealJohnHoopereveryone is cheating, just some get caught.

[@AGTsakumis]

Johnson should be given back his Olympic medal. They were all juiced including Lewis, that weasel. Shameful. Johnson outworked and out-trained all of them. Fact.

[@naathnaath6377]

Exactly....

[@goddycarino6747]

I Agree with that

[@michaelacosta393]

Or he took more roids then everyone else. All results of the 6 involved should be removed. The other 2 should receive the medals.

[@xrayeye3]

This was not true. They were all not juice. It was Carl that made them juicy. He was the greatest athlete of all time.

[@anitawilson3638]

Carl was one of the two that PASSED the drug test. Get your story straight!

[@kingnaldo4058]

What's Ironic Carl Lewis tested positive three times for banned substances only a month earlier, but instead of him being issued a four year ban, he was allowed to compete in this race...🤔

[@efisgpr]

Carl: 9 x 🥇 Usain 8

[@876jamaicanyouth]

And given the medal after stripped from Johnson

[@Mickday2023]

Because he’s USA track and field athlete and most of them are chitters but USA control WADA and that’s why they can get away with cheating!?That is way I don’t watching Olympic since Mexico 1968 I’m in 70 now.

[@xwideawake]

That is the American way. Cheat, cheat and more cheating

[@mssha1980]

From my understanding it was a stimulant not a steroid

[@sixstax006]

A real case of 'Johnson & Johnson'

[@prisonersforprofit]

excellent, these runners didn't kill anyone.

[@thecoach11]

Your comment deserves way more likes 😂😂😂😂😂

[@monikagsell2489]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@nebbsbnw1343]

😂😂😂😂🎉

[@easyware]

🤣🤣🤣

[@alejandrobailey876]

Before testing he’s “Canadian” but after the test he’s “Jamaican born”. Let that sink in…

[@kahvinetic]

That shit burns my bacon! And I'm not even west Indian/"Caribbean"!

[@marcus.6487]

eggzackly 🤦🏿‍♂️

[@adedayoadeyinka4873]

Well, that's because success has many fathers but failure, is an orphan. Let that sink in.

[@kingtariq6914]

It's sad cuz we don't claim him either he sold us for the Canadians and we don't do drugs that taboo here.

[@nilsteegen33]

He was always Jamaican born. Yes Canada sucks but don't act like this is a problem

[@jerseymade2754]

I remember this as a kid, sad how they denounce him from the Canadian team, knowing damn well they knew what he was doing

[@rasjada5982]

That's how those bat shits are, they all chummy with you to do thier dirty works, and chew u up an spit u out wen they are done using u

[@richardmatatahi4563]

5 other countries as well wasn't Carl Lewis awarded the Gold? he must had been clean?

[@colorblindt.v.686]

Carl Lewis, was dirty also

[@richardmatatahi4563]

wow@@colorblindt.v.686

[@kirkpatrick7475]

It was a farce because the same thing happened in the women's 100 and they let Flo Jo record stand, why, because it was an American that won.

[@brad1ey50]

We need to make the pablo escobar olympics, where everyone is allowed to use whatever drugs they want 😂

[@seed_drill7135]

There’s an old SNL skit about that, where the power lifter rips both arms off.

[@Rakiyah-uc6ud]

Yesss I would pay good money to see that and I'm stingy.

[@adjeiboateng6720]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@michaelmackenzie3114]

This is actually happening now

[@carlhague9102]

Go to Google and search "Enhanced Games"

[@navintheyagaraj9540]

The dirtiest part of it is, that only Ben Johnson was punished

[@paulinehannon4514]

Yeah, he was made the scapegoat. Hypocrisy or what!

[@Charles-t7z]

He deserved it. Quit your whining.

[@tuto8610]

They love you when you’re on top, then get as far away from you when you fall.

[@cashmerestag4254]

He cheated. He fell because of his own actions. Typical view from a left leaning imbecile!

[@tuto8610]

@@cashmerestag4254 how do you know what direction I lean? You trumpets are all weirdos 😂😂😂

[@andyparky2716]

Thats called the human condition mate

[@koba1556]

They love it when you don't cheat and soil their name

[@iknowthatsrite6009]

He didn't "Fall". He is a POS Cheater💩💩💩💩💩💩

[@JustMe-ws2pe]

If you think carl lewis wasn't on that juice you're kidding yourself.

[@randallmadison9910]

Didn't get caught. Just spreading rumors. Ben was caught. Nobody to blame but himself. Just pressure to win and become famous. Led to being infamous. Everyone says he's a good guy.

[@donarthiazi2443]

​@@randallmadison9910 Yeah really, it's always the same, no matter what... even if someone is cleared there are the mentally deficient assholes out there that will decide _invent some guilt_ for an athlete they don't like.

[@HamishGarland]

@@randallmadison9910 Lewis was caught. His ban was overturned before the games. Johnson's tests were conducted in an unsecured area, there were multiple people in the testing room without accreditation, including a friend of Lewis who spent some time sitting beside Johnson while he was drinking to stimulate a urine sample. The substance in Johnson's urine was in a form that means the drug would have to have been taken so recently as to have provided no benefit, and the committee then decided to use a method not approved by the IOC which was not applied to any other athlete at the Olympics to prove his guilt. Johnson was doping for sure, but he wasn't given the same treatment that every other athlete was afforded.

[@JustMe-ws2pe]

​​@@donarthiazi2443he was caught doping dip shit.

[@jaypaladin-havesmartswilll5508]

One of the most dramatic 100m run final in the history of Olympics. The look on Carl Lewis' face was memorable.

[@AlSwol76]

Ben flat out had better genetics....drugs or not

[@SolarBeam04]

If literally any one of us would have ran on the race we would have been awarded the bronze medal

[@kf4778]

Carl Lewis ran dirty too. Don’t forget that part 🙃 So when it’s all said done BEN was number ONE!

[@brian7333]

Lewis was not the only 1988 gold medallist who escaped punishment (had his drug ban overturned by US Olympics because he was their golden boy). Joe DeLoach and Andre Phillips also failed tests at the US trials but travelled to Seoul and won gold medals in the 200m and 400m hurdles respectively.

[@TPRM1]

When a sportsman fails a test, he has a problem. When a superstar fails a test, the sport has a problem.

[@stevefowler3398]

I heard that when they tested Lewis, they found traces of Greg Luganis in him. Not sure how true that is though.....

[@brian7333]

@@stevefowler3398 That's a banned substance in some countries! 👍

[@billpetersen298]

Let’s not forget Flo Jo.

[@castironmarshmello7430]

​@@stevefowler3398 Thats so UGLY‼️‼️

[@seadrifter8975]

Only Calvin Smith and Barboza were clean 👌 it later emerged. Calvin Smith should have been handed the Gold not Lewis

[@gerryraak]

Calvin Smith was as drugged out as Carl Lewis.

[@philbertgrant3744]

Raymond Stewart was clean

[@mohamedrahaman9238]

Carl Lewis NEVER tested positive for PED.

[@jesuisdavid1]

​@@mohamedrahaman9238 he has actually, this is documented just not highlighted. Too many sources out there to say so

[@brianjackson5732]

@@jesuisdavid1 A stimulant is not the same as a steroid regime. Over the counter supplements have been shown to contain stimulants. You cannot accidentally do a steroid regime, which is what Ben did. Carl's positive test for a stimulant is the same material found in cold medicine.