Some fun facts about the Olympics

Another set of athletes that dabble in steroids are the Olympic athletes. Aren’t they suppose to be the “pure” athletes? Ben Johnson was a sprinter in the 1988 Olympic games. The 100m was his race and when he the sound of the gun shot sounded he took off and broke the world record. 24 hours later he was tested positive for steroids. He was stripped of his gold metal. A fun fact I learned is that when Ben Johnson went to get his gold metal he didn’t celebrate at all. Also the man who go the metal when it was stripped, Carl Lewis was also tested positive for steroids. But they covered him up. In the movie “Bigger, Faster, Stronger” they have papers that say Carl Lewis failed his drug test. Another outstanding fact is that over 2000 U.S. athletes failed there drug test.