Australia’s official anti-doping authority is up in arms after an Aussie bookmaker hired disgraced Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson to endorse their new “juiced up” version of their Sportsbet smartphone app. “It’s tested positive for speed and power, again and again,” says Johnson in the 90-second commercial broadcast on Australian TV. Johnson won gold for Canada in the men’s 100 metres at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, breaking what was then the world record. However, he was later disqualified when it emerged that Johnson had used anabolic steroids. “Sportbet’s new cutting-edge feature-injected Android app puts the ‘roid’ in ‘Android!’” declares a narrator over contemporary footage of Johnson sprinting while checking his phone.

Source: National Post May 15, 2017 16:07 UTC