Friday’s cover: Ben Johnson, Carl Lewis and ‘dirtiest race in history’ at 1988 Seoul Olympics

The Russian doping scandal is nothing new to the Olympic scene – the 1988 games at Seoul eventually saw the men’s 100-metre winner Ben Johnson be disqualified. Carl Lewis also faced allegations years later.

The Russian doping scandal is nothing new to the Olympic scene – the 1988 games at Seoul eventually saw the men's 100-metre winner Ben Johnson, right, be disqualified. Carl Lewis also faced allegations years later. Both are featured on The National Sport front page on Friday, July 28, 2016.

Osman Samiuddin: Russia by no means the only doping offenders at the Olympics – past or present

This was the final of a three-part series looking at the Russian doping scandal and the World Anti-doping Agency’s (Wada).

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