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10 controversies that rocked the Olympics

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Faster, stronger... sneakier

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Seoul 1988: Canadian Ben Johnson won the 100m in a world record time – then admitted using drugs

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What a racket

London 2012: China's badminton stars Yu Yang and Wang Xiaoli tried to manipulate the draw and were banned for not trying

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Podium politics

Mexico City 1968: US sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos were banned for their political protest

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Low blow

Seoul 1988: South Korea boxer Park Si-Hun was pummelled by America's Roy Jones in 1988, but the judges awarded him gold

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Long shot

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Munich 1972: Three seconds of added time gave the Soviet Union's basketball players time to net a winner against America

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Out of the crowd

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Athens 2004: Brazilian Vanderlei de Lima was leading the marathon when a defrocked priest intervened

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Bad loser

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Beijing 2008: Cuba's Angel Valodia Matos took his taekwondo disqualification badly – he kicked the ref in the face

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End of a dream

Los Angeles 1984: US distance runner Mary Decker's Olympic hopes were ended when she tangled with Zola Budd

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Tricky opponent

Montreal 1976: Soviet Union's Boris Onischenko fenced with an épée wired to score a hit without touching an opponent

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Tarnished gold

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Sydney 2000: US sprinter Marion Jones was the golden girl of the Games – but later admitted taking steroids

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