Ben Johnson, once the world’s best sprinter, said what happened to him during his glory days was just too much for a human being and urges Usain Bolt to be careful in his everyday life.
Johnson maintained what happened to him was a set-up and promised to disclose everything in his book to be published later this summer.
“What happened to me was unfair and it was too much for any human being to go through,” he said while addressing the CLM TV Sports Symposium held at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, New York.
“I was singled out and the book will reveal everything,” he promised. “In four months time, my book will reveal everything,” he added.
Johnson set consecutive 100 metres world records at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics and the 1988 Summer Olympics, but he was disqualified for doping, which resulted in him losing the Olympic title and both records.
It was after this, Johnson said: “I don’t watch track and field anymore.”
According to Johnson, who was born in Trelawny Jamaica, the advice to his parishioner Usain Bolt, the world’s fastest man, is: “be very careful where he goes and where he eats and who’s gonna be his friends and so forth, that’s very important.”
And to how you would compare Bolt to himself, he replied: ?”Usain Bolt and I are in two different generations.”
He said it’s hard to compare because “we are talking about better technology, better shoes, better tracks … so if I was still running, I would probably be even faster.”
Comments :
- Mr Johnson might just be right. A Brazilian defender got drugged on the field in a World Cup match while accepting a drink from an Italian medic who ran onto the field to refresh his players with two bottles of water. One tainted and the other free. Branco disclosed that he got weak soon after the drink. Might just be true. A set–up is possible
Posted by: THEOPHILUS JOSHUA , on Sunday, May 30, 2010
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- The guy might be telling the truth. We all know they cheat in track and field it’s a matter of being caught. So his advise to Mr. Bolt is right inthat someone with grudges may slip in something just day to a track meet.Posted by: jimmie jones , on Sunday, May 30, 2010 Report this comment
- Oops ; the guy wants to sell his book…why is he just speaking now after all this while? Ben,try write on WHY NOT TO TAKE ENHANCING DRUGS`instead of giving cock and bull story about setup.
Posted by: sammyUK , on Sunday, May 30, 2010
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