Olympic 100 meters champion Carl Lewis said Thursday he is moremotivated now than when he was racing against disgraced Canadian BenJohnson because he is confident that his present rivals were clean ofdrugs.
Asked whether he is still enjoying the Grand Prix circuitwithout the chance to run against Johnson, Lewis said: "I have moremotivation because I compete against people I know are clean.Everybody knew Ben was on drugs.
"It's better if anyone can win because they've worked hard andbecause they have talent, not just because of drugs."
The Houston-based athlete will run the 200-meter race at theGrand Prix meeting today in Brussels.
Lewis said he would not mind racing against Johnson when theCanadian, stripped of his Olympic 100 meters gold medal for takingsteroids and subsequently banned from competition for two years, isallowed to return in September, 1990.
"If he's out there I will treat him just like anybody else. Themost important thing is whether he comes back clean like everybodyelse," Lewis said.
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