Ben Johnson (sprinter) Quotes

Benjamin Sinclair Johnson, is a Jamaican-born Canadian former sprinter, who won two Olympic bronze medals and an Olympic gold medal, which was later rescinded. He set consecutive 100 metres world records at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics and the 1988 Summer Olympics, but he was disqualified for doping, losing the Olympic title and both records.

✵ 30. December 1961 – 8. April 1996
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Ben Johnson (sprinter) Quotes

“Don't tell me I cheated the system because that's [expletive]. I didn't get treated fairly by the system. They cast me out and they were jealous because I turned in the fastest time ever run by a human and it was impossible at the time.”

Quoted in Stan Grossfield, "Johnson has been slow to admit wrongdoing," http://www.boston.com/sports/articles/2005/04/28/johnson_has_been_slow_to_admit_wrongdoing/] The Boston Globe (2005-04-28)

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