@@M-ps6ve ''By the time of the 1987 World Championships, Johnson had won his four previous races with Lewis and had established himself as the best 100 metres sprinter. At Rome, Johnson gained instant world fame and confirmed this status when he beat Lewis for the title, setting a new world record of 9.83 seconds as well, beating Calvin Smith's former record by a full tenth of a second.'' - Wikipedia (He was the fastest man in the world at that time. And even without drugs he would have beaten Lewis)
@@M-ps6ve Is speed just about steroids? I rather think it's a combination of factors. Ben Johnson was superior. In 88 everyone in that final had drugs, but only he was caught. There is already an investigation into this.
@@ebojfmdboojoh4023 6 out of 8 of those finalists were busted sooner or later in their careers, so it wouldn't surprise me if they told me every guy was doped that day.
Yeah, even in '84 The USOC ran interference for Lewis after he refused to submit a sample to a surprise urinalysis test at the Santa Monica training facility just before the Olympics. There's a great article in Sports Illustrated that's accessible online... or used to be.
I'm reminiscing watching this again. Probably the sweetest moment of my watching the Olympics 100m in all my life I and of course I'm Canadian. 😉 It was so sweet to beat Carl "I'm the biggest douchebag in all sports" Lewis. Conversely maybe one of the hardest sporting losses I've ever had to experience when two days later Ben gets stripped of the gold and it's given to what's his name
You know what’s mental about that day , the time of 9.79 was a new world record . It beat the previous by 5/100th of a second …and it seemed unbelievably fast !!! Then Usain Bolt ( although many years on ) blitzed the field in 2009 - at a staggering 9.58 !!!! That is surely a record that will last a very long time ❤❤
Glorious to watch. If Lewis had won there would have been no mention of drugs. Ben Johnson was one hell of an athlete and no one can take that away from him.
Yes BJ was a great athlete ..... the issue will always remain then why was he stupid enough to use performance enhancing drugs. So that makes Carl the better athlete as his performance were not chemically assisted.
@@chucky7981 exactly so why the hell did he do it= his performance will remain forever tainted. Such a talented athlete & such a dam shame to have thrown it all away.
Ben shoulda told Carl Lewis to take a picture, it’ll last longer. 3 looks???FYI: These guys and girls all knew how to use “gear.” That’s why everyone knew that Ben allowed himself to be set up. Track athletes ONLY use gear during phase 1 & 2 of training. Phase 1 Strength training and fundamentals. Phase 2 taking phase 1 to the track. Then they are all off the gear 6-9 months before they even compete. And the metabolites that the tests find from the gear back then are only caught if you don’t lean out fully which is why more women failed tests back then than the men. The women have to be off the gear longer than 6-9 months whereas the men dry out faster. That’s why looking at Ben at 3-4% body fat it’s no way misuse was the cause of his failed test. He was set up. And that weasel Lewises comments about “Chalk it up to the Game” comments told me all I needed to know. Johnson had a target on his back since 9.83 in Rome. Like in Pro Bodybuilding gear works better for some than others.
ho avuto la fortuna di conoscerlo personalmente e ancora oggi conservo una bellissima foto insieme.Per me e stato un grandissimo.Era un concentrato di fibre veloci
Carl Lewis foot fouled at 13:24. Great Britans Linford Christia was the actual Gold medal winner. It should be awarded to him! There's another video from the front that clearly shows the FOOT FOUL but it has been wiped from RU-vid!
I believe you. The guy that used to be lauded as the NFL's fastest man Darell Green used to interfere with his rival's stride by running on the line flailing his arms over the divider. I was waiting for one of his victims to insist on there being an empty lane between them to race. Some guys always find a way to cheat.
@@kidmack3556 Here's the FRONTAL video of Carl Lewis Foot foul. I thought it was scrubbed from RU-vid....ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-EerSfnVw8dU.html&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR3MU_0P1L64vLXc2ToI0PyB8SxWUFuS6xPypC3sb0-ZnOuNTG2NgVoIbT0
got out of bed in the middle of the night for this one. And I left a note for my mother with one word: Ben. We both hated Carl Lewis. And then came the new..... I felt sorry for him, more then anything else. Everyone of them in that race was doped.
Johnson gave ZERO fucks about his image, he actually admitted he's was juiced up BEFORE the event as he said "I'll do whatever it takes to win the gold" in a press conference. He wanted his place in history, and 30+ years later it is STILL the 100m everyone remembers.
Veramente... Pazzesco, se non avesse alzato il braccio avrebbe fatto ancora di meno e se avesse gareggiato in questa era con le nuove tecnologie e scarpini arriverebbe a 9.50
Johnson always reminded me of a black Panther about to pounce on It's prey, he made the start look incredible, no'one exploded out of those blocks the way Ben did, yes the steroids certainly would have helped his speed and endurance around 50m but the start is all down to being gifted with high twitch fibres and an amazing reaction time, stick his start at the beginning of Bolts runs and who knows what times we would have seen.
One of the all-time greats yes, not sure he's the GOAT because didn't get the chance to become the best - then you have to look at vision of Jesse Owens in the 30s, it is incredible and then you have Usain Bolt, winning 3 Olympics in a row is out of this world
I saw that race live on TV. We all supported Ben Johnson. I was very upset when they took away his gold. That race is epic. Ben raising his hand celebrating.. what a moment
Nada mas porque se fue parando al último de la carrera sino el tiempo fuera menor y todavía estuviera vigente, quien este libre de drogas y alimentos alterados que tire la primera piedra... Ben Johnson el mejor de todos los 100 mts ....
Interesting, Lewis won the semi final with an amazing time of 9.97. In the final Lewis ran even better with a time of 9.92 but was still comfortably beaten by the Rocket Man's 9.79. 🚀
Yep you are right. However if you plonk them all in the mid 80s with the same background of the time I think you would find them all relatively even. Well except for maybe Bolt
Carl Lewis admitted taking cold meds. He was tested before and after the race. Carl was clean.Ben had been taking steroids for years! If Carl did touch the line, it is up to the offended runner to appeal!
Carl was NOT clean. His "B" sample taken after the event and re-tested found he had a new stimulant that was previous non-detectable. The hypocrisy of the guy is staggering !
Everyone of these athletes were on ped's,because the( usa) was in charge of these event, they took the gold from Ben and gave it to lewis! If lewis had any honor he ,should had refused it!
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Ben Johnson is the best sprinter of all ages. Not noteworthy wears and tennis, but a technique of beginning and an explosion sprinter. With Osain Bold's resources, he would make 9:30 easy. Unfortunately, the public understands nothing about steroids. Take a liter of stanozolol and see if you can get anything. Lol, Estanozolol plays only a minor role in Ben's big win. The rest is the interest of US Adidas and the Olympic committee, now publicly known as corrupters. No one is a Muggle to be deceived by these corrupt powers.
This shows that winning at any cost isn’t worth it. It would be great if the IOC would make sure ALL athletes are tested randomly. There’s a country where even their coach was taking steroids. And the person hired to cleanup their testing program, said their athletes are seldom tested, then she was fired. So I feel bad for Sprinters like Shar’Carri who is tested randomly and regularly!
@@greggus42 so what, means he has a helluva and beautiful stride as a sprinter and did it ithout being on the juice.... all natural gifts.....FACTS!!!!
@@barrydeacon3551 Carl is the fastest with natural strength no enhancements, Ben Johnson was full of that SHIT, .. Look at him , he's built like a DAM 🐎 horse in his stance.....FACTS!!!!
