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Stan Rogers
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Julius
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 Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2013 6:16 am Post subject: Re: Ben Johnson Returns |
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| Stan Rogers wrote: |
http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?biid=2013092552808
I saw the race. That guy was fast. |
Even though we know he took drugs, that memory of him winning the 100m and beating Karl lewis is basically timeless.
Karl lewis was later also disqualified for drug-taking, and so was Christie. The guy in fourth is legally the gold-medal holder but I can't remember his name unfortunately.
Its been a procession of top names testing positive ever since. Most athletes are running to make money, not set an example so the problem will no doubt continue. |
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augustine
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| Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2013 7:25 am Post subject: |
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| Carl Lewis was a pure pimp athlete. A freak before the times. |
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jvalmer
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| Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2013 7:37 am Post subject: Re: Ben Johnson Returns |
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| Julius wrote: |
| Karl lewis was later also disqualified for drug-taking, and so was Christie. The guy in fourth is legally the gold-medal holder but I can't remember his name unfortunately. |
Out of the 8 in the race 6 were eventually nailed for performance-enhancing drugs. But, I think Lewis was never caught, but rumors which I believe. So that was 7 of 8 runners that were/probably juiced up. |
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PatrickGHBusan
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augustine
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| Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2013 9:53 am Post subject: |
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Fact-trick Patrick. That annoying Canadian inferiority complex regurgitating out again.
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| The highest level of the stimulants Lewis recorded was six parts per million, which was regarded as a positive test in 1988 but is now regarded as not performance enhancing. The acceptable level has been raised to ten parts per million for ephedrine and twenty-five parts per million for other substances.[74][78] According to the USOC rules at the time, positive tests with levels lower than ten parts per million were cause of further investigation but not immediate ban. Neal Benowitz, a professor of medicine at UC San Francisco who is an expert on ephedrine and other stimulants, agreed that "These [levels] are what you'd see from someone taking cold or allergy medicines and are unlikely to have any effect on performance."[79] |
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oldsurly
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Stan Rogers
Joined: 20 Aug 2010
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| Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2013 10:44 pm Post subject: Re: Ben Johnson Returns |
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| jvalmer wrote: |
| Julius wrote: |
| Karl lewis was later also disqualified for drug-taking, and so was Christie. The guy in fourth is legally the gold-medal holder but I can't remember his name unfortunately. |
Out of the 8 in the race 6 were eventually nailed for performance-enhancing drugs. But, I think Lewis was never caught, but rumors which I believe. So that was 7 of 8 runners that were/probably juiced up. |
If most or all of the runners were drug users, doesn't that make it a fair race?
Maybe Ben should get his gold medal back. |
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jvalmer
Joined: 06 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2013 11:14 pm Post subject: Re: Ben Johnson Returns |
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| Stan Rogers wrote: |
| jvalmer wrote: |
| Julius wrote: |
| Karl lewis was later also disqualified for drug-taking, and so was Christie. The guy in fourth is legally the gold-medal holder but I can't remember his name unfortunately. |
Out of the 8 in the race 6 were eventually nailed for performance-enhancing drugs. But, I think Lewis was never caught, but rumors which I believe. So that was 7 of 8 runners that were/probably juiced up. |
If most or all of the runners were drug users, doesn't that make it a fair race?
Maybe Ben should get his gold medal back. |
He was a convenient scapegoat from a relatively unimportant country. As long as the IOC drug testers are pressured to 'pass' tests from certain countries... cough... cough... USA, China, Russia... it's questionable who gets banned and not. |
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Captain Corea
Joined: 28 Feb 2005
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| Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2013 1:04 am Post subject: |
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Yup - enjoyed that show.
Truth is, testing is a joke. I know why they do it, but obviously things aren't on an equal playing field. Kind of wish there was a tested, and a non-tested Olympics. |
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PatrickGHBusan
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Johnson was more juiced up than an East German swimmer and he deserved his sanction.
Lewis did too but escaped it. |
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Harpeau
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| Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2013 3:45 am Post subject: |
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| I remember how happy we all were when we saw Johnson kick @ss. When he was stripped, we all felted so gutted!! U$@ could do no wrong. |
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