Athlete Knew About Drug Use, Ex-Girlfriend Testifies
A sprinter who says he was duped into taking steroids by Ben Johnson’s doctor and coach knew exactly what he was doing, his former girlfriend told a federal inquiry today.
Andrew Mowatt had testified Wednesday that coach Charlie Francis and Dr. Jamie Astaphan had given him injections of banned steroids in 1986 while telling him the syringe contained only vitamins.
But sprinter Cheryl Thibedeau, Mowatt’s girlfriend at the time, said she has “not a shred of doubt” about his knowledge of the cheating.
“There were no question marks in his eyes,” Thibedeau told the inquiry into drug use in amateur sports.
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