My favorite Olympian-
I don't know why, but I love me some Michael Johnson. Here are a few things I like about him:
-For his final races in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, he wore custom made golden shoes. He donated one of them to charity in 2000.
-He looks like an unlikely sprinter with his upright style and short quick strides, but he's fun to watch.
-He won a gold medal at the Sydney Olympics in the 4x400m relay. In 2008, after learning that his teammates in the relay had admitted to using steroids, he voluntarily returned his medal. He was never implicated and never tested positive, but since he was the only clean racer on the team, he felt betrayed and didn't think it was right to keep the medal. Classy.
Let's go to the tape.
Here he is winning the 400m in Atlanta. Notice his gold shoes and how he blows the field away:
Here he is breaking the world record in the 200m in Atlanta. Again he blows the field away: