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'Drug-free' athletics unrealistic, says ex-Olympic champ Johnson

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Former Olympic champion Michael Johnson has said he believes it is "unrealistic" to think athletics will ever be drug-free.

Johnson said Athletics is a microcosm of real life and in real life, there will always be people who cheat, the BBC reports.

Six Jamaicans, including former 100m world-record holder Asafa Powell and 2004 Olympic sprint relay champion Sherone Simpson, tested positive for banned substances earlier this year, the report added.

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First Published: Dec 12 2013 | 3:18 PM IST

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