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...Johnson, who already holds the world marks at 200 and 400, is certainly eager to burnish his reputation as perhaps the greatest sprinter ever, but admits this is a very different Olympics for him. He is not the focus of attention, for one thing. "Doubling is a lot--a lot--of pressure," he says. "I was considering not running the 200 even if I qualified. I'm always put in a kind of showdown in the 200, and I'd gotten tired of that. I'm a lot more relaxed going to Sydney the way it is." Heading into Atlanta...
...always seen himself as a split-personality sprinter. There's 200 Michael, who puts a hoop in his ear, turns the hip-hop up and gets into trash-talk wars with the very willing Greene. Then there's 400 Michael, who listens to jazz before a race and spends evenings answering e-mail from fans. With Mr. Hyde now sidelined, mellow Dr. Jekyll will have extra time in Sydney at his keyboard...
...hormones during his career, said a majority of Australian athletes used performance enhancers and were encouraged to do so by Olympic officials. In Cuba, track officials refused to suspend world record-holding high jumper Javier Sotomayor after he tested positive for cocaine, and Jamaican track officials reacted similarly after sprinter Merlene Ottey tested positive for steroids...
Johnson, who already holds the world marks at 200 and 400, is certainly eager to burnish his reputation as perhaps the greatest sprinter ever, but admits this is a very different Olympics for him. He is not the focus of attention, for one thing. "Doubling is a lot--a lot--of pressure," he says. "I was considering not running the 200 even if I qualified. I'm always put in a kind of showdown in the 200, and I'd gotten tired of that. I'm a lot more relaxed going to Sydney the way it is." Heading into Atlanta...
...always seen himself as a split-personality sprinter. There's 200 Michael, who puts a hoop in his ear, turns the hip-hop up and gets into trash-talk wars with the very willing Greene. Then there's 400 Michael, who listens to jazz before a race and spends evenings answering e-mail from fans. With Mr. Hyde now sidelined, mellow Dr. Jekyll will have extra time in Sydney at his keyboard...