Ben Johnson's coach Charlie Francis told the Dubin Inquiry that Johnson had no choice but to start taking steroids in 1981. Francis said the question facing Johnson really was: did he or did he not want to compete on the same level as other international athletes.

Date: 1989-03-01
Placeline: Undated.
Source: The Canadian Press
Length: 13 seconds

Transcript Prediction: << it's pretty clear that stare wasn't worth approximately a meter at the highest levels of support and he could decide to set up his starting blocks at the same line as all the other competitors and international competition or set them up a meter behind them all >>

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