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Citius. Threats of thunderstorms never materialized on Saturday night, but there was lightning on the Olympic Stadium track. Donovan Bailey of Canada won the 100 m in a world-record time of 9.84 sec., although it took three false starts and a petulant protest by Great Britain's Linford Christie, who was disqualified for two of them, before the gun sounded for good. Bailey ran down Frankie Fredericks of Namibia and Ato Boldon of Trinidad to become the world's fastest human--ever. He also helped erase the Seoul stigma of Ben Johnson, who like Bailey was a Jamaican running...
...what seems to have been forgotten in the jubilee, or at least not discussed by the reporters, is that Bailey may have won a race that should never have taken place...
While some celebrate Bailey's remarkable feat, we should all mourn the injustice that was served to British runner Linford Christie...
...Since Bailey crossed the finish line at a time of 9.84 seconds, reporters, announcers and commentators have rejoiced in Canada's vindication after the gold medal was stripped from runner Ben Johnson for drug use in the 1988 Seoul Olympics...
...because he was unqualified. He was the 1992 gold medalist. He ran just 0.02 seconds short of the world record in 1993. And recently, he even beat this year's champion, Bailey...