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[sabresfaninthesouth]

Do you have the follow-up post prepared for Friday for the 25th anniversary of the medal-stripping?

 

[jstewismybastardson]

i heard this morning one of the major reasons why Lennox Lewis chose to re-brand himself as British when he turned pro was because he felt seriously snubbed by canada & cdn media when he won his gold medal ... everybody was focused on Ben the cheetah in 1988

 

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Do you have the follow-up post prepared for Friday for the 25th anniversary of the medal-stripping?

I still like the headlines surrounding that whole story - When Ben won, it was "Canadian Ben Johnson wins Olympic Gold". When he was stripped, it was "Jamaican born Ben Johnson stripped of 100m gold"

 

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Another thing that flies under the radar- Carl Lewis was awarded the gold medal in '88 after Ben Johnson was stripped, but if you review the race, Lewis stepped on the lane line not once but twice and should have been disqualified for a lane violation.

 

[sabresfaninthesouth]

Another thing that flies under the radar- Carl Lewis was awarded the gold medal in '88 after Ben Johnson was stripped, but if you review the race, Lewis stepped on the lane line not once but twice and should have been disqualified for a lane violation.

The IOC was probably terrified of the thought of having to disqualify 1st and 2nd place.

Caveat: not saying it's right, just that it probably was a factor.

 

[BOSSMANPC]

Another thing that flies under the radar- Carl Lewis was awarded the gold medal in '88 after Ben Johnson was stripped, but if you review the race, Lewis stepped on the lane line not once but twice and should have been disqualified for a lane violation.

I didn't know that until you posted it and I think the announcer in the clip mentioned it.

 

[BOSSMANPC]

Another thing that flies under the radar- Carl Lewis was awarded the gold medal in '88 after Ben Johnson was stripped, but if you review the race, Lewis stepped on the lane line not once but twice and should have been disqualified for a lane violation.

Just shows that dong roids is worse than white lines? They were both crack pots anyway.

 

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Have you watched 9.79* Boss? It was very well done.

 

[elocomotive]

Another thing that flies under the radar- Carl Lewis was awarded the gold medal in '88 after Ben Johnson was stripped, but if you review the race, Lewis stepped on the lane line not once but twice and should have been disqualified for a lane violation.

Fine, we'll give it back. Now you're only behind us by 917 gold medals.

Ohhhh!!!

 

[IPostedWhat]

Did you know that 6 out of the 8 guys in that race either tested positive for drugs, or were linked to and implicated for drug use?

 

[BOSSMANPC]

Have you watched 9.79* Boss? It was very well done.

No dash, Haven't seen it.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

dont you have to step out AND obstruct to be disqualified in track ?

 

[BOSSMANPC]

Did you know that 6 out of the 8 guys in that race either tested positive for drugs, or were linked to and implicated for drug use?

Damn the odds on that are about as good as a one balled rider winning the Tour de France several times.

 

[elocomotive]

Have you watched 9.79* Boss? It was very well done.

My girlfriend saw it, but didn't care much for it.

And then we watched some TV.

 

[puckhead]

dont you have to step out AND obstruct to be disqualified in track ?

no.
it cost us a BRONZE

Canadian men's relay team goes from bronze to heartache after disqualification - The Globe and Mail

 

[jstewismybastardson]

no.
it cost us a BRONZE

Canadian men's relay team goes from bronze to heartache after disqualification - The Globe and Mail

I thought 100m was the exception because thère are no corners ... Just straightaway

Relays and 200m zero tolerance

 

[IPostedWhat]

Runners in sprint events must remain in their assigned lanes throughout the race. A runner veering outside of his or her assigned lane is subject to disqualification, unless he or she was forced out by another runner or strays slightly in the straightaway or the outside portion of a turn and no advantage is gained. The 100-meter is the only race where runners are side-by-side. In all others, they are staggered to varying degrees to account for turns.

Y! SPORTS

 

[DoobeeDoobeeDoo]

Didn't Ovechkin test positive for steroids a few years ago? Why don't they strip him of his gold medals? Oh wait...

 

[jstewismybastardson]

Had somefriends overfor dinner and we were just talking about the other characters that gained notoriety from this whole race

Don wittman. Cbc announcer. Dead
Charlie jones. American tv announcer. Dead
Charlie francis. Ben johnsons coach. Dead
The french women from the iaaf that made the positive drug test announcement. Dead
Carol ann letheren. Cdn chef de mission who was all over the cdn news following months after. Dead
Charles dubin. Led the cdn govt inquiry into drugs in sport. Dead

Yes ... 25 years will do that but just in case does carl lewis have alibis?