On Sept. 24, 1988, the doping control room exploded in cheers when Johnson walked in, gold medal in hand. The two drank beers together in doping control, as the sprinter was too dehydrated to quickly pass a sample. “I was a witness for Joe DeLoach in the doping control room when he ran the 200 metres. it had nothing to do with sabotaging anybody.” What is certain is Jackson sat beside Johnson in doping control. “Johnson’s urine was certainly tainted but no more than the summary proceedings he faced,” wrote Barnes in the 1991 Ottawa Law Review.

Source: thestar September 25, 2016 10:52 UTC