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Article: Athletics: JOHNSON SET TO SUE OVER LEWIS; 'It is corruption. We will take legal action'.(Sport)
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- The People (London, England)
- Article date:
- April 20, 2003
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Byline: NEAL COLLINS on the new doping scandal which has shocked athletics
DISGRACED Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson is threatening legal action after revelations that Carl Lewis was allowed to run at the 1988 Olympics despite a positive dope test.
Documents released in the United States suggest that NINETEEN Olympic medallists, including Lewis, failed tests between 1988 and 2000 - but were allowed to continue competing by US officials.
Four of the eight finalists in the 100m at Seoul '88 - winner Johnson, runner-up Lewis, bronze-medal-winning Briton ...