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The men's 100m final at the 1988 Olympics has been described as the dirtiest race ever – but also the greatest. Aside from Johnson's blistering time, the race is infamous for its athletes' positive drug tests. This is the story of that race, the rivalry between Johnson and Lewis, and the repercussions still felt almost a quarter of a century on

Table of Contents

The Quest Prologue Part One: Carl and Ben 1. The Santa Monica Track Club 2. Picking Daisies 3. Ben and Charlie 4. The Quiet One 5. The Roots of Evil 6. Wanna be Startin' Somethin' 7. The Prince and the Missing Paperwork Part Two: Rivals 8. Lewis 8, Johnson 1 9. Big Ben and King Carl Part Three: Seoul 10. Dodging 11. The Glasnost Games 12. Sweating it Out 13. The Human Bullet 14. Deny, Deny, Deny 15. The Mystery Man Epilogue: Different Era, Different Time Zone, Same Thing Where Are They Now? Statistics Interviews Bibliography and Further Reading Acknowledgements Index

About the Author

Richard Moore is an award-winning sports journalist with several books to his name including In Search of Robert Millar, Slaying the Badger, Etape and Heroes, Villains and Velodromes.

Reviews

will bring armchair athletes to the edge of their seats - and leave them with a very nasty taste in their mouths
*Mail on Sunday*

a magnificent document about the Carl Lewis-Ben Johnson rivalry. It plunges you deep into the bitterness that marked their enmity and because Moore is the kind of journalist who will speak to 17 people when he could get the story from two, the breadth and detail is astonishing
*The Times*

A remarkably fresh read given the amount of ink already spilled on the topic. Author Richard Moore has delivered what is certainly the most comprehensive account, and as close to definitive as possible without giving all the "answers"
*Glasgow Herald*

A captivating and detailed account ... it reads like a thriller, which is exactly the right tone to adopt by author Richard Moore for a story dripping with skulduggery and intrigue ... compelling
*Sunday Express*

The sportswriter Richard Moore tells the story at a sprinter's pace in his rollicking and well-researched The Dirtiest Race in History
*Simon Kuper, Financial Times*

Written with a fine sense of balance, timing and tension
*The Guardian*

Probably the finest sports book published this year
*thewashingmachinepost.net*