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Newsmakers: Journalist Mary Ormsby writes book on ‘World’s Fastest Man’ Ben Johnson

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VIDEO: In 1988, Ben Johnson took Canada to the highest heights when he ran 9.79 Seconds at the Seoul Olympics. But then a positive drug test brought the sprinter and Canada crashing to the ground. Writer Mary Ormsby was there and on this edition of Newsmakers, we talk about that historic day and what happened to Ben later.

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