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Seoul 1988: that 9.79 second race, drugs, Flo-Jo, the ‘Cappuccino Kid’

Jun 30 2024 Updated June 30, 2024

David Dixon

7 min read

Duncan Armstrong of Australia, left, is congratulated by Matt Biondi, after Armstrong's victory and new world record time in the Olympic men's 200-metre freestyle at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games. In the background is West German start Michael Gross who finished fifth. Photo: AP Photo/Lennox McLendon.

With the Paris Summer Games starting on Friday, July 26, Dubbo Photo News is taking a nostalgic look at some of the highlights and heroes, controversies and clashes, of one of the world’s great sporting extravaganzas, the modern Olympics.

By David Dixon

Just 9.79 seconds, that’s all it took for one of the most-anticipated and controversial sporting rivalries of the 20th century to explode.

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