Ben Johnson and Soul Olympics 25 aniversary

September 24Th,1988 the Canadian Olympic runner Ben Johnson ran away in a 100 meter dash with the gold medal in a world record of 9.79 and could of gone even faster if he did not raise his hands in celebration before crossing the finish line and Canada erupted in a huge celebration and it was the highest of highs. Then came the lowest of the low on September 27Th when the disgraced Jamaican Olympic runner Ben Johnson was striped of his world record that would not be matched for a decade and he had his gold medal taken away. So Canada eat up Big Ben and spit him out and he struggled to get back to living him life which included racing horses and getting back to racing and getting caught once again and finally actually got a cheetah energy drink endorsement. He was pulled in front of a Dubin inquiry with Charles Dubin,Ontario Appeal Court Chief Justice and got mud thrown at him and he was disgraced on national TV and Canadian eat him up and spit him out and disowned him which no other country would do and in the end it was dirtiest race in Olympic race with 7 of the 8 runners in the Olympic 100 meter final. The guy who was given Big Ben's medal Carl Lewis was caught doping at the US Olympic trails before heading Soul, Korean but it was never announced and he was never suspended and only came clean in Sports Illustrated Ben Johnson positive test was also end of Canadians innocence as Canadians would never look at a sports athlete or Olympic athlete the same again even if they can pee cleanly into a bottle the question in the back of their mind are they actually competing cleanly. It is also very interesting that nobody of Ben Johnson has not been caught doping before or after Soul and not Donavan Baily who won the 1996 Atlanta Olympic won the gold medal in the 100 meter dash and it was just not the same as it was only 8 years earlier. Still to this day the 100 meter dash is still won of the dirtiest sporting events where I would not be surprised if everybody in the semi-finals (the top 16 is doping) and the clean has just made it that much easier to cheat and they can dope even closer to their competitions as they used to have to wait two or three month and now its overnight its out of the body. Ben Johnson in the end was miss treated by Canada and is owed an apology so I sorry it was so hard to live your life after Soul, Korean Tom Mehegan