World's Fastest Man: The Incredible Life of Ben Johnson - Couverture rigide

Ormsby, Mary

 
9781990823732: World's Fastest Man: The Incredible Life of Ben Johnson
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ISBN 10 : 1990823734 ISBN 13 : 9781990823732
Editeur : The Sutherland House Inc., 2024

Synopsis

For two days in late September 1988, Canada's Ben Johnson was the most celebrated athlete on the planet.

Winner of the 100-meter sprint at the Seoul Olympics in a world record 9.79 seconds, he'd just had time to say, "A gold medal--that's something no one can take away from you," before testing positive for a performance enhancing drug and giving back his medal.

Later admitting to steroid use, Johnson has lived in ignominy ever since, but there's much more to his incredible story. The sprint he won in Seoul has since been called "the dirtiest race in history," with six of the eight competitors linked to doping infractions. The steroid for which Johnson tested positive was not the steroid he believed he was using. His drug screening was riddled with irregularities and crucial testing evidence was withheld by Olympic officials in Seoul, circumstances that credible experts now say denied Johnson his right to due process and should have prevented his disqualification.

With unprecedented access to Johnson, sportswriter Mary Ormsby now tells his whole story for the first time: how a shy Jamaican kid descended from enslaved African plantation workers became a Canadian sprinting superstar; how a disgraced former athlete came to coach Diego Maradona and the son of a Libyan dictator while fighting tirelessly to determine exactly what happened to him on that fateful day in 1988.

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À propos de l?auteur

A leading Canadian sportswriter and broadcaster, Mary Ormsby was a volleyball player at the Ohio State University where she is a member of its Sports Hall of Fame. She graduated with a degree in journalism and returned home to Toronto to write for the Toronto Sun and later, the Toronto Star. A five-time National Newspaper Award nominee, this is her first book.

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Éditeur
The Sutherland House Inc.
Date d'édition
2024
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1990823734
ISBN 13 
9781990823732
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
218
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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