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Article: BEN JOHNSON EXPELLED AFTER ALTERCATION IN VILLAGE.(Sports)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- August 10, 1992
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Byline: Associated Press
Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson was expelled from the athletes village and his Olympic accreditation revoked Sunday following an altercation at a security checkpoint.
However, precisely what transpired around noon at the village was unclear.
"The management of the Olympic Village regrets having to announce that on the final day of the Olympic Games, they have been obliged to expel and withdraw the accreditation of the Canadian athlete, Ben Johnson, because of his assault on a volunteer who was on access control at the village restaurant," said a statement released Sunday night by Olympic organizers.
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