Athletics: Greed, money and glory to blame for drugs, says Johnson

DISGRACED Olympic champion Ben Johnson blames a world of “greed, money, prestige and glory” for the scourge of drugs in his sport.

Johnson stripped of Olympic gold for using a banned substance yesterday offered his support to British sprinter Dwain Chambers who tested positive for the designer steroid THG at an out-of-competition test on August 1.

It is widely anticipated Chambers will receive a two-year ban, even though he maintains it was simply a case of being ignorant over the food supplements which contained the illegal substances.