Seoul

The 1988 Seoul games were very controversial for Carl Lewis. He would be doing the same events as the previous Olympics except for the 4x100m. He would be running against his rival, Ben Johnson, who Carl knew was actively on steroids, in the 100m. Carl had gained the teammate Joe DeLoach who would be running the 200 with him. Carl won the long jump but lost to both Ben and Joe. Two days after the race with Ben test results showed that he was on steroids and that he would be disqualified giving Carl his gold. The 4x100m team that Carl was kicked off of ended up not even getting a medal in an event that America should have won.

Fireside 1992

ISBN 0-671-78024-7

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