Ben Johnson was set up when he tested positive in Seoul. In Speed Trap, the book written by his coach Charlie Francis, it is revealed what Ben was on (Oral Turinabol, Furazabol, GH, thyroid). Ben hadn't used Winny in years, due to the tightness it caused in his muscles. Check out this account:
Why does Johnson’s positive test for stanozolol not make sense?
1) Because stanozolol would not have helped to enhance performance. If anything, it would have hindered it. Stanozolol is a steroid that helps to build muscle; a cheat would use a steroid in the months pre-competition, never during competition. Johnson’s high level of stanozolol suggests that he took it in the immediate days before racing.
2) Because while Johnson’s entire camp later acknowledged that they were guilty of following a finely prescribed drugs programme, they said that it was furazobol they were on, not stanozolol.
3) Because even if, by some massive mistake, Johnson’s camp had been giving him stanozolol instead of furazobol as intended, they all say that Johnson had his last shot on August 28, 26 days before the final. It would have taken 14 days for it to clear his system.
4) Because later laboratory tests showed that the stanozolol in Johnson’s sample was pure. Stanozolol that has been ingested and urinated would be a broken-down version of the drug.
And then there is the following assertion from Astaphan. “Listen, in November 1987, Charlie Francis gave Ben and Angella (Issajenko, another in the group) 16 milligrams of steroid in tablet form — four tablets over two days. They got such bad muscle cramps as a result that they had to take valium. And now, because of the high level Ben tested positive for in Seoul, the suggestion is that he took more than four tablets within 48 hours of the race? It just doesn’t make sense, even a child can see it.”
The damn yanks rigged it because they knew Ben was gonna humiliate Carl Lewis.