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Training for Speed (1997) ISBN 0-646-32852-2] "The Charlie Francis Training System" ISBN 978-0-9869438-2-9 "The Structure of Training for Speed" ISBN 978-09869438-1-2 References
Johnson met coach Charlie Francis and joined the Scarborough Optimists track and field club, training at York University. Francis was a Canadian 100 metres sprint champion himself (1970, 1971 and 1973) and a member of the Canadian team for the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. Francis was also Canada's national sprint coach for nine years.
Club coach Charlie Francis, working with Dr. Jamie Astaphan, had supplied performance-enhancing drugs to Johnson, Williams, Tony Sharpe, Angella Taylor, Mark McKoy, and others. Williams also worked as the speed coach for the Toronto Argonauts, training Olympic athletes Tremaine Harris, Phylicia George. and Justyn Warner, among others.
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Johnson later admitted to doping, but he and his coach Charlie Francis still claimed he had his drink spiked at the Olympics, as Johnson was taking a different type of steroid at the time. [91] The positive test had long-lasting effects on public perception of the sport and advanced the case for more stringent drug testing.
Club coach Charlie Francis, working with Dr. George Astaphan, supplied performance-enhancing drugs to Ben Johnson, Desai Williams, Tony Sharpe, Angella Taylor-Issajenko, Mark McKoy and others. After Sharpe testified at the 1989 Dubin inquiry, and admitted to steroid use, he was subsequently suspended from eligibility for federal funding.
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