European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 28, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes wednesday september 2b, 1988 1988 olympics the sad Case of Ben Johnson Seoul a Shock and disbelief mixed with Pride that the system worked tuesday As Ben Johnson was stripped or his olympic bold medal and the world record he set in the 100 my Lars saturday for Sifroid use. Athletes coaches and officials said they Felt sad for Johnson and the sum Mer games both of which will forever be associated with drug abuse in Spons. Bui they added that no exceptions could be made in the fight against doping and thai Johnson was nabbed by increasingly Lough testing. It is the sad Case of Ben Johnson said or. Arne Ljungqvist of Sweden head of the medical commission of in International Amateur athletic federation track s worldwide governing body. It s a shame to Sec anyone get caught for drugs but drugs have no place in sports said Robert Cannon a triple jumper from Buffalo . I guess this explains the system is working the lop anti drug official of the inter National olympic committee said much the same thing. It is sad. It is an Accident we deeply regret said Prince Alexander do he Rode chairman of the Ioc s medical commission. But top level athletes must be held up to the image they project. They Are models for  Johnson from Canada lowered his own world record by ,04 seconds to 9.79 seconds in winning the 100 saturday. His urine test taken after the race showed traces of Stano Zool an anabolic Sifroid banned by most sports federations and the Ioc. Both the medal an the record were taken away. Canadian olympic officials said John son was unable to speak when told of the news monday night. Ben was not Able to discuss or Artic ulate anything at that moment said Carol Anne Lethern chief of Mission for the Canadian olympic team. Letheren said Canadian team officials and athletes were going through an in credibly difficult Lime. It s very very sad and a very very sad situation in the olympic Village at this time she said. At the Village where the teams live during the games the mood was one of bewilderment that someone who had run so fast could be disgraced so quickly. I m feeling very much in  Ca Nadian track sprint coach Bruce Smith said. The key right now is to keep the athletes who still have to compete focused on what is at  Wellum verhoorn a coach with the Netherlands team said the test result was a product of too much Money and Loo much pressure. Johnson and Carl Lewis who finished second but was elevated to the Gold medal spot after the drug lest result was announced reportedly were paid $250,000 to race against each other in Zurich Switzerland last month. Other reports said the two sprint rivals were bargaining for up to s 500,000 each to appear at a Post olympic meet in Tokyo Don t blame Ben. He s surrounded by a staff of doctors verhoorn said. It s the team that lakes the Victory so the team must take this As Well. One question is what to do when so much Money is involved. If you have a headache you Lake an aspirin and go to work. But in this Case it s an olympic athlete whose future is at  olympics from pm the 21 drug one Oflahe most dangerous anabolic steroids and said in Coult Licad 10 liver cancer Lewis was Secoll Dan the world s fastest 100 meters and with his second Fudd he May now resume his bid for another four Gold grand slam at the olympics. Four years ago he won four Gold medals when the soviet bloc slayed away from the losv\ngclc5 games. Now he could win four golds without a Folly finishing first m the 100. To Johnson s manager Larry  said inc finding of so crowds was either a mistake of sabotage. In a news conference tuesday  Brecht said he believed the steroids were contained in a bottle of sport drink Given to Johnson cil Henje fore the 100 semifinals or finals. V he said Johnson was so intent on the race that he did not remember who gave him the bottle or whether in was a Man or woman Johnson took the bottle Back to his room with him that night Heidi Brecht said. He said Johnson s doctor found a yellow gooey sub stance at the Bottom of the bottle but rinsed it out. Or. Arc Ljungqvist of Sweden chairman of the Isaaf medical committee said Stano Zool until fairly recently was quite difficult to detect but it was concluded from Icsis thai the drug had been Given Over a period of time some time  Johnson won inc 100 in an amazing 9.79 seconds .04 under the world record he set last summer Al the world championships in Rome. Lewis was second in an american record 9.92. Al inc world championships Lewis said a substantial amount of the Gold medals were won by athletes on drugs. At the Lime it was considered a veiled Refe Cnoc to Johnson. / on tuesday Lewis said in a statement if there is an incident i am deeply  he declined further comment. Gustavo Tucci Emi a member of the Ioc medical commission and president of the italian sports Doc tors association said the Ioc executive Board was Given the lest results late monday night. Heidebrecht confirmed that Johnson s coach Charlie Francis was told on monday that the test was Poi live. We do not know whal happened and How it happened but apparently somebody has sabotaged Ben and we will find out who in was and How it was done Heidi Brecht said. Heidebrecht said Johnson was feeling healthy in the five Days before his race last Winter however John son pulled a hamstring muscle and he aggravated to May 13 in Tokyo casting doubt on whether he even would be Able to run in the olympics. The Ioc already has stripped two bulgarian weight lifters of Gold medals at these games for testing Posi Tive for steroids. In an emotional High Strung performance captured inc Gold medal in the Long jump monday with a leap of 28 feet 7w inches becoming the first Man to defend that title. Lewis not Only won the Long jump monday leading the first . Sweep of the event since 1904, but he also qualified for the 200 meters. He is scheduled 19 run the Anchor leg in inc 400-meter relay beginning Friday. Lewis ran two 200-meter heals 10 qualify for Greg Louganis dives on his Way to the red tuesday. Wednesday s final then had to come Rigi Blackin the Long jump an hour later. He argued with Irsic officials Over his jumping times. He was hopping Mao and be tools advantage of in. \ i seized the moment look the adrenalin and same up with a great jump Lewis said. \ the second of lewis1 200-meter heats began Al \ p.m., with the High jump one hour later. At his request officials moved him from first in the order of 12 jump ers to last. I Don t think they could have made it any tougher for me but i la gel through in he Sari. I think it was a planned Challenge. On his third jump be Well 28-1, and then he said out of nowhere an official comes after three rounds and says gel on the runway " they had moved Zimback to the front of the jumping order. Lewis argued that he was supposed to gel 10 min utes Between jumps. He gained Al least five minutes by arguing and on his fourth jump gave the 28-7 i Effort into a head wind that ultimately was much More than enough for the medal. It was t really a confrontation it was More of a discussion Lewis said. And then it became a stall tactic. And then the funny thing is the clock went dead so there is a  Mike Powell won inc Silver with 27-Lofa, and Larry Myricks was third with 27-1 it. Louganis who won the springboard event last week despite cracking his head on the Board during qualify ing won the platform on tuesday with 638.61 Points. He needed 85.57 Points on his final dive to win. He got 86.70 with a reverse 3l/i-5ommcrsault. The most difficult in platform diving his head missing the Board by  is inc first Man to win four diving Gold medals in consecutive  Mccormick Mother of women s springboard Bronze medallist Kelly Mccormick swept both events in the 1952 and 1956 games. Roger kingdom another american also defended an olympic litle Wilh the third fastest time Ever in inc 110-Mcter High he  became Only the second Man to repeal in the 110-meter hurdles. Lee Calhoun another Ameri can was the first Man to win two in a Row in 1956 and 60."when i stood on the podium 1 thought How much sweeter it was this Lime. Kingdom said. I let people see that my win in 1984 was t a  in the 11 in Day of games inc medals count looked like this soviet Union 75 total 33 Gold. East Germany 67 total 27 Gold. United Stales 46 total 16 Gold. More . Medals were sure to come from boxing diving Tennis and basketball. The United slates and soviet Union basketball teams will meet m the olym pics for the first time in 16 years in wednesday s men s  Manning s 18 Points led the . Men s basketball team Over puerto Rico 94-57 and into the semis against the soviet Union where the two teams will meet in the olympics for inc first time since America s one and Only loss Al the 1972 Munich the soviets earned their berth with a 110-105 Victory Over Brazil Australia plays Yugoslavia in the other  last time it was . Is. . The soviets won 51-50 when three seconds were twice added to the clock and Aleksander Eclov scored on a full court in Bounds pass. It is the United Stales Only olympic loss in 86 games and in was so controversial America refused to k accept the  the . Women s basketball team Defeated the so Iet Union 102-88, moving Inlo thursday s Gold medal coolest against Yugoslavia. Cynthia Cooper had 27 Points for inc americans who already have beaten the yugoslavs once in the tournament the United Stales has nine of its 12 boners still in action. On tuesday two of them advanced to the semifinals. Michael Carbajal scored a unanimous decision Over Scott Olson of Canada in the 106-Pound division and rot Nallis Ellis eked out a 3-2 decision Over Emil of Chuprinski of Bulgaria Al 132 pounds the men s volleyball team headed Inlo the semifinals unbeaten after a 154, is-5, 15-4 Victory Over Tunisia. The . Baseball learn beat puerto Rico 7-2 behind Ben Mcdonald s nine Hitler moving Inlo the final of this demonstration sport against Japan Jody Campbell had four goals to Lead the . Water Polo team Over Greece 18-9