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Ben Johnson: World Championships
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From 1980 to 1988, Ben Johnson was the future of Canadian athletics. The impossibly ripped runner won two bronze medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics before setting consecutive 100-meter world records at the 1987 World Championships and the 1988 Summer Olympics. Granted, you wouldn’t want him helping you out with your homework, but the man sure could run.
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Ben Johnson, the sprinter who cannot seem to outrun scandal, is in another drug-related bind. As Johnson faced a hearing tomorrow for a positive drug test, Canadian officials worked behind the scenes to persuade their wayward runner to retire before the world comes to Toronto next week for the indoor track and field championships.
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Oscar-winning character actor Ben Johnson was never as well known as other stars, and yet for many industry insiders, he was the epitome of cowboy actors. Of Cherokee and Irish heritage, Johnson was born in Oklahoma and became a cowboy at age eleven. He grew up to become the only movie cowboy to win both an Oscar and a rodeo championship. This documentary tells the fascinating, colorful story of his life. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
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Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson shocked the world when he won the men's 100m gold medal in a world-record 9.79 at the Seoul Games. Later it was learned that Johnson used steroids and he was stripped of the record and his medal.
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Ben Johnson, the Canadian Olympic sprinter whose rise and stunning fall from grace made him one of the world's most controversial track and field figures, completed a dramatic two-year comeback today by earning a berth on Canada's Olympic team. The 30-year-old sprinter, who was banned for two years after testing positive for using steroids after he won the 100 meters in the 1988 Olympics, earned his berth by finishing second to Bruny Surin, the Canadian 100-meter champion.
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