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Ben Johnson’s doctor, Dr. Jamie Astaphan, bought...

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Ben Johnson’s doctor, Dr. Jamie Astaphan, bought large quantities of steroids for a rancher on the Caribbean island of St. Kitts to increase the size of cattle used for human consumption, according to testimony at the Canadian inquiry into drugs in sport at Toronto.

Don Hiatt, described as a U.S. businessman, said he first asked Astaphan--then his physician--to buy him steroids in 1983 for use on scrawny animals on the ranch he managed on St. Kitts.

Astaphan has been accused of supplying steroids to Canadian Olympic athletes including Johnson, who was stripped of his gold medal and world record in the 100 meters sprint after testing positive for drugs at last year’s Seoul Games.

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Earlier testimony from drug companies in Canada established that Astaphan bought large quantities of veterinary steroids but was never questioned about it.

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