... in Caracas, Venezuela ("Performance"). Many athletes withdrew immediately after this announcement for mandatory drug testing. The first major Olympic disqualification due to steroids occurred in 1988, when the Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson was stripped of both his gold medal and his world record in the 100-meter sprint after testing positive for the banned steroid stanozolol. Years later, it was revealed that ... ...

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