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Benjamin Washington Johnson (1914–1992) was an American sprinter who was considered a serious rival to Olympic gold medalist Jesse Owens.Known as the "Columbia Comet", Johnson was the United States champion at 100 yards in 1938, but injuries and the outbreak of the Second World War denied him a chance to compete in the Olympics.
The men's 100 meters at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea saw world champion Ben Johnson of Canada defeat defending Olympic champion Carl Lewis of the United States in a world record time of 9.79, breaking his own record of 9.83 that he had set at the 1987 World Championships in Rome.
For a brief moment, Ben Johnson emerged from the 1988 Summer Olympics as Canada's national hero. No athlete in Canadian history underwent a more precipitous fall from grace after he tested ...
His low-altitude record had been surpassed by fellow American Mel Lattany with a time of 9.96 s shortly before the 1984 Olympics, [42] but his biggest challenger would prove to be Canadian Ben Johnson, the bronze medalist behind Lewis at the 1984 Olympics. Johnson would beat Lewis once in 1985, but Lewis also lost to others, while winning most ...
Charles Merrick Francis (October 13, 1948 – May 12, 2010) was a Canadian Olympic sprinter and sprint coach most noteworthy for being the trainer of sprinter Ben Johnson, the first competitor to be stripped of an Olympic gold medal for using banned drugs, and sprinters Angella Issajenko, Mark McKoy, and Desai Williams.
Ben Johnson, offensive coordinator with the Detroit Lions, looks on during a game against the Atlanta Falcons at Ford Field on September 24, 2023 in Detroit, Michigan.
The Detroit Lions didn't score as many points in their Week 2 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as they did in their Week 1 win over the Los Angeles Rams, but offensive coordinator Ben Johnson said ...