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'ftensin ! ar,di(l ‘ing io c ,ted to*] "icahaii NBA. S. onicolfi ew ta 3 getliti: Johnson admits taking some theraputic drugs SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Ben Johnson acknowl- dged taking three different types of medication, in- luding some containing partially restricted drugs, be- ore his now-disgraced Olympic 100-meter race, a loctorin the doping control office said Wednesday. Dr. Lee In-joon added, however, that use of these Mis: | rU g S f or therapeutic purposes is permitted, and John- on “never told me he had taken any anabolic steroids.” “If used properly, as a therapeutic, that’s fine with Lee, doping control coordinator for track and field the Seoul Games, said in an interview with the Asso rted Press. “Larger amounts than what we consider a herapeutic level could be suspicious.” After urinalysis revealed the presence of muscle- imlding anabolic steroids, Johnson lost his gold medal nd his 9.79-second world record and rushed back to lanada. He told The Boston Globe, during the flight rom Seoul, that he was innocent, but he has not pub- :ly elaborated on the case. asaEo KiseAa gtlteS 'Oviet u reakijj; Lee said he “had a hunch” from talking to Johnson bout 30 minutes after Saturday’s race that he might st positive. “You get a feeling when you see an athlete. Some lave no idea what’s going on in doping control, and ome are very defensive,” Lee said. “I would say Mr. ohnson was more defensive, but maybe he’s just that ^ indof guy. I don’t know.” T Johnson’s agents have contended someone must playerS iaV e spiked a bottle of sarsaparilla that Johnson carried the Al ffaheiii ikethea by addin loreui; alar have pi ly solve eaisik ng 01m r baslei has seer I if the a Amers competE ic rules its Sports Illustrated and The New York Daily News re- orted that Dr. George M. “Jamie” Astaphan, a mem- er of Johnson’s Olympic entourage, has administered eroids to Johnson in the past and is a firm believer in ving athletes performance-enhancing drugs. “I never gave him any,” Astaphan told reporters at eloronto airport. “He never told me he took any.” After suffering a hamstring pull, Johnson sought out staphan in May in the island nation of St. Kitts, near ihnson’s native Jamaica. Sports Illustrated said it arned that Johnson knowingly received steroid treat- icnts then. When he rejoined the Canadian track team in Eu- It npicsbtj tson wall item usti rf dale, he beitfi using Ai id expci im has allege Id :h Aleia yed out] ; Bucks Hawks, .etball, ;ounirv inked d makei; ;sdavad p andl ’ can ao on said dd medi ppointed be nameni d undeif ■nationaji Hi monu BA pla' 6 all tfo it is on , contest ianyye JIi step.' ,t Gotf; •h beitf 1 Thursday, September 29, 1988AThe Battalion/Page 13 _ .pa the stadium, but officials have said the drug tests did lot bear out that defense. rope later, he was in surprisingly “great shape,” his coach, Charlie Francis, was quoted as saying this sum mer. But Gerald Mach, head of the Canadian Track and Field Association, said Francis always replied “abso lutely no” to questions about possible drug use in con nection with Johnson’s phenomenal improvements in recent years. Lee said that while waiting to be tested, Johnson dis played none of the usual happy emotions of gold medal winners. He said he asked Johnson if he had taken any medi cation in the three days before Saturday’s race, and Johnson replied that he had taken three different types, one of them an injection. Some of the medication included “partially banned” substances known as corticosteroids, Lee said, but John son said the medication was for therapeutic purposes. The International Olympic Committee announced only the finding of anabolic steroids. IOC spokeswo man Michele Verdier said the presence of one banned drug is enough for disqualification, without analysis for any other substances. Lee said Johnson never even mentioned the gold medal. He said Johnson had to spend about IV2 hours in the waiting room where athletes go if they are unable to produce a urine sample immediately. Lee said athletes are observed during urination to ensure that no other sample is substituted. The athletes then divide the sample into “A” and “B” bottles and seal the bottles, which are coded so that the laboratory has no idea who produced the sample, he said. In raising the possibility of a spiked drink, Johnson’s agents said Johnson found a smelly, sticky substance at the bottom of his sarsaparilla bottle, but it later was washed out by Astaphan. Lyle Makosky, the top sports official of the Canadian government, said that based on the laboratory results for Johnson, “the tampering option is no defense.” “This particular result, which is technically and scien tifically solid, shows extended or repeated use over time” of anabolic steroids, Makosky added. The chemical found in the test already had been bro ken down by natural processes in the body, which would not have been the case if it had been in a drink taken only hours before the doping test, he said. p DeLoach triumphs over idol Lewis; ;wo Houston runners stay friends BAY CITY (AP) — Joe DeLoach, ic new Olympic champion in the "meters, said he hopes his victory ver Carl Lewis —his roommate, lining partner and idol — im- roves his stead in the track and eld world. ‘Everyone was picking Carl to in. I would have picked him, too. ut now I feel I’ll be respected as ne of the great sprinters of the odd,” DeLoach told the Bay City ribune in a telephone interview om Seoul. “ “I don’t think I can follow in lad’s footsteps,” DeLoach said, a hours after breaking Lewis’ llympic and American records. “I mean, as far as times, I think e’rethe same but I’m not trying to e the next Carl Lewis. That’s not hat I want. I want to establish mething for myself. I’m the next oe DeLoach.” way tbM railing t the res awl ’withtli(| In the Olympic Trials, DeLoach became the first person in two years to beat Lewis in the 200 meters. But skeptics weren’t convinced. Network television coverage of the race fo cused on Lewis and his bid to repeat as a quadruple gold medalist in the Olympics. DeLoach and Lewis trained to gether at the University of Houston, fish together at Bay City and — according to DeLoach’s father, Joe Sr. — are as close as brothers. Lewis took a two-meter lead com ing out of the curve in Seoul on Wednesday, but DeLoach caught him with 20 meters to go. As Lewis turned his head to look, DeLoach surged ahead at the 10-meter mark and leaned forward at the line to win in an Olympic record time of 19.75 seconds. Lewis was clocked in 19.79 for the silver medal. “I knew I would run well after my semifinal heat,” DeLoach said. His time of 20.06 in the prelims was the fastest of all semifinalists. Lewis told reporters after the race, “Joe just ran a tremendous race. I feel very good for Joe and very proud of him. But he’s done it himself.” DeLoach says Lewis has provided inspiration and motivation for him. In earlier years, a young DeLoach used to plead with his parents to take him to Houston to watch his hero run at meets. Lewis, who ran for the University of Houston, also visited DeLoach at Bay City, which the NCAA declared a recruiting impropriety. DeLoach signed a track and field letter-of-in- tent with UH, but was ruled ineli gible for a year. As a result, DeLoach competed as an individual or for the Houston Track Club during his freshman year at UH. : lashback Continued from page 11) ppearing to be willing to settle for a lossible tie, but changed his mind ndwent for the touchdown. Tech rushed only three lineman, t "itl 1 ® lowing Hargett to scan the field for he po^n open receiver. Finding none, he jrinted to his left, then veered larply to the right and headed to he end zone. No fewer than five Red Raiders are W based him, but only defensive end eorge Cox appeared to have the on Hargett. Near the five yard line Cox sud- lenly disappeared, having been runched by running back Larry d SM itegent’s block. Stegent had been in he end zone but came out once he aw that Hargett was in trouble. Hargett ran into the end zone iboutone yard from the corner flag, letting off a wild celebration on the eld involving Aggie players and ans alike. The referees cleared the field so hat Riggs could kick the final point, then the celebrating began in ear nest. “After those three rushers got past me, there was a clear field to the goal line,” Hargett said. “I guess I cleared the flag by about three yards.” Hargett thanked Stallings for let ting the Aggies go for the win, and Stallings replied, “You know that I wouldn’t have gone for the tie.” Following the game several Tech fans and players were enraged, say ing that Stegent had clipped Cox (who had to have knee surgery the following day). “I’m not buying that clipping busi ness,” the somber King told the as sembled press about two hours later. “A&M won fair and square.” The victory gave new life to Har gett and company, as A&M pro ceeded to astound the sports world by winning its remaining six games. Included in the streak were the Aggies’ first win in nine tries against Arkansas Coach Frank Broyles (33- 21, with the winning touchdown coming on a pass from Hargett to fellow junior Tommy Maxwell) and their first victory after 10 consec utive losses to Texas’ Coach Darrell Royal (10-7, with the winning touch down coming on an 80-yard pass from Hargett to Long). Then A&M took on Stallings’ old coach, Bear Bryant, and whipped the Bear 20-16 in the Cotton Bowl. As had become customary, the touchdown that put the Aggies’ ahead for good was a pass from Har gett, this time a short one to Max well. Curiously enough, A&M’s games with Tech in 1966 and 1968 mir rored Hargett’s college career. He passed for two touchdowns and ran for one in the Aggies’ 35-14 win in 1966, the first time A&M had scored at least 30 points in 49 games (the last coming against Tech in 1961, 38-7). 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