Salt Lake City 2002 Olympics
For years, Salt Lake City desperately wanted to host the Winter Olympics. However, they never seemed to get rallying support. Yet, that changed in 1998 when the bid for the 2002 Winter Games took place. It seemed the International Olympics Committee had a change of heart and Salt Lake City won in a landslide.
Salt Lake City 2002 Olympics
Later, it came out that the Salt Lake City Team bribed IOC members to vote for their city.
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Ben Johnson
Canadian Ben Johnson won gold in the 100 meter sprint at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. After his big win he said on the record, “A gold medal—that’s something no one can take away from you.” Well, he spoke too soon because he got stripped of his gold after he tested positive for steroids. Apparently, at that time at least six of the eight finalists in his race eventually got implicated in doping.
Ben Johnson
In a 2013 interview, Ben Johnson admitted he had used steroids for years, but felt unfairly persecuted among the widespread doping in athletics. Johnson said, “I was nailed on a cross, and 25 years later I’m still being punished. I know what I did was wrong. Rules are rules. But the rules should be the same for all. But politics always plays in sports.”
