Post by Andrew Applebaum

9.79 is THE number, as the one and only BEN JOHNSON joined the Toronto Legends podcast! Spoiler: he is NOT buddies with Carl Lewis. 🎧 ICYMI at https://lnkd.in/giR2MHEj From November 2025: 1988 Olympic Gold Medalist and World's Fastest Man Ben Johnson talks about Charlie Francis, Dr Jamie Astaphan, Carl Lewis, Diego Maradona, Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi's son Al-Saadi, nearly joining the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys, and a complete breakdown of his blazing 9.79 second 100m Gold Medal winning run at the 1988 Seoul Olympics! 👉 👉 For absolutely everything Ben Johnson, please visit https://ben979.com/ 👉 👉 'Hate the Player: The Ben Johnson Story' can be streamed right now at https://lnkd.in/eawRSB48 👉 👉 Mary Ormsby's 'World’s Fastest Man*: The Incredible Life of Ben Johnson' is available now at https://lnkd.in/eFchskVs Mark Montefiore🇨🇦 Maria Donatelli William Marks Alex Johnson Lana Castleman David Manning Sharon Stevens 🇨🇦 Jeremy Davis Jonathan Latulippe Michael L Smith 🇨🇦 Carolyn Van Brussel Meghan Baxter Jonah Zalken Justin Rebelo Philippe Macridis Andy Singer Shannon Wenkoff Deni Valchev Neha Kohli Jeremy Brown Trevor Suffield Adria Budd Johnson Caroline Séguin Ryan Burgio Drew Mullin Wendy Noss Howie Gold Peter Andrews Ferne Cohen Rebecca Bregman Heather Gordon Anita K. Sharma Liam Crossley Jennifer Little Kayvon Saremi Brian Hamilton Joel Schneider Jayme Alter Wilson Rekha Shah