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Olympic sprinter Ben Johnson was banned from athletics for life today in 1993 after failing a drugs test for the second time.
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Fact: on this day in 1988 sprinter Ben Johnson is stripped of his gold medal at the Seoul Olympics after failing a drug test. The video above is part one of a five part series that you can watch from here. Where do you stand on the issue of drugs and sport? Post your thoughts here.
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I reckon we should let athletes take all the performance enhancing drugs they work and then sit back and enjoy the spectacle Read more »
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stephen says:
Either everybody takes drugs, or nobody takes drugs. But then, of course, if everyone was on drugs, it’d be legal, and that’s what we DON’T want. Read more »
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