The Olympic Stadium in Seoul is packed and all eyes are on two men - the defending champion Carl Lewis and his brash, young rival and world title holder Ben Johnson. The 100 metres final is being hyped as the race of the century, but the two main players in this drama are cool as cucumbers as they await the starting gun.
In the blink of an eye, it's all over. Johnson, the Jamaica-born Canadian, explodes down the track, takes 46 strides and in just 9.79 seconds claims the most coveted gold medal at the Olympic Games.
'I knew when the gun went off, the race was over. No one can take this away from me,' says the world's fastest man. But he couldn't be further away from the truth.
Just three days later Johnson is exposed as a drug cheat and a proud moment in Canadian athletic history turns into a nightmare. A routine test on his urine sample finds traces of an anabolic steroid called stanozolol.
His phenomenal time is wiped from the record books, the gold medal is handed to Lewis and Johnson goes home in disgrace.
Johnson loses millions in endorsements and sponsorship fees and is suspended from competition for two years. Lewis becomes a double gold winner after also winning the long jump at Seoul and a six-time gold medallist in two Olympic Games.
