In 1988, the eyes of the world turned to the Olympic Games hosted in Seoul, South Korea and quite possibly the most intriguing event was the men's 100 meter. On the line was not only the title of the fastest man in the world but the fastest man ever. The field was full of great athletes, four of the eight finalists posted a time under 10 seconds and the headliners were two record setters, Ben Johnson of Canada and the US's Carl Lewis. The field did anything and everything to get to the top of the world, including cheating. To be more specific, six of the eight finalists tested positive for steroids at some point during their career. The most infamous was the winner of the race and world-record setter, Ben Johnson, who was striped of the gold only one day after winning it. The race lives in infamy for its tainted finalists.http://edition.cnn.com/2012/07/23/sport/olympics-2012-ben-johnson-seoul-1988-dirtiest-race/
Winning is everything. Whether we believe it or not cheating goes on today in major sports and it is a disgrace to those people who worked hard to get those athletes to the top of their profession. There are many stories of steroid using all throughout sports but I chose the story of Ben Johnson because he was a witness to this so called cheating. In his mind it wasn't cheating because he was a witness to others doing it during the world championship the previous year. To me this is ridiculous, to say the least. The sports in modern society have become as much about finding a way to cheat as it is about hard work and training. Athletes will do anything to win and they could care less about how they do it. Is winning without your dignity or class still winning? To me it isn't but it's a question that the world's greatest have to ask themselves on a daily basis.
