Drugs in Sport: The Changing Face
When Canadian Sprinter Ben Johnson tested positive for using the banned anabolic steroid stanzolol after he won gold in the 100m at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games, the world of sport was sent reeling from the blow to its image. For some it was an introduction to the uglier side of the Olympic Games. This was drugs in port at its worst.No one knows what enticed Johnson to take the body-effecting substance which stunned the world. His time of 9.79 seconds was the fastest time ever for a human, cheating or not. He could have become a hero in the world for, the wrong reasons. But the only thing that separated him from a great number of other athletes who competed in 1988 was simple: He got caught. Throughout the 20th century, it has become quite a universal practice to have used some type of enhancing agent among sportspeople. Athletes, it seems, just cannot ignore its presence. The sport field is starting to become a place of aesthetic people. From the ancient fields of the old Olympic Games to the modern arenas around the globe. Sports have been given humans an opportunity to succeed. The hours of hard-earned sweat could be turned into something that was once only dreamt about. This was the whole idea when it
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Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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