🏃 Hate the Player: The Ben Johnson Story (2026) - Season 1 Episode 2
Speed. Glory. Controversy. Legacy. In Episode [X], [brief hook: see episode-specific hooks below]. Follow the extraordinary journey of Ben Johnson—from humble beginnings to Olympic gold, from world-record shattering runs to the scandal that changed sports forever.
🔹 Episode Highlights:
• [E01 Hook: "A young sprinter leaves Jamaica with a dream—and a target on his back"]
• [E06 Hook: "The truth behind the scandal: what really happened, and why it still matters"]
• Exclusive interviews: teammates, coaches, journalists & Ben Johnson himself
• Archival footage: iconic races, press conferences, and defining moments
• Thematic depth: ambition, pressure, sacrifice, and the price of greatness
🔹 Series Info:
• Format: Sports Documentary / Biographical Drama / Investigative Series
• Original Network: [Customize: e.g., CBC / Netflix / Streaming Platform]
• Season: 1 | Episodes: 1 & 6 (Premiere & Finale Arc)
• Subject: Ben Johnson – Canadian Sprinter, Olympic Champion, Controversial Icon
• Setting: Jamaica, Canada, Seoul 1988 Olympics, Global Sports Arena
• Language: English (Original Audio) + Subtitles Available
• Runtime: ~45-60 minutes (full) | Clip/Highlight version: ~10-15 min
🎧 Prefer audio? Listen to sports documentary recaps & athletics podcasts on Spotify, Apple Podcasts.
👉 Enjoying the series? Hit LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, and comment: "Was Ben Johnson a victim of the system or responsible for his choices? 👇🏃" Turn on notifications 🔔 so you never miss the next chapter!
#HateThePlayer #BenJohnsonStory #SportsDocumentary #OlympicScandal #S1E[X] #TrackAndField #BiographicalDrama #BingeWatch #SportsHistory #Seoul1988 #DopingScandal #AthleticsLegacy
⚠️ Copyright Disclaimer: This video is shared for promotional, review, and informational purposes only. All rights to "Hate the Player: The Ben Johnson Story" belong to the original production company and broadcasting network. This upload complies with Fair Use guidelines (Section 107, U.S. Copyright Act). No copyright infringement intended.
Speed. Glory. Controversy. Legacy. In Episode [X], [brief hook: see episode-specific hooks below]. Follow the extraordinary journey of Ben Johnson—from humble beginnings to Olympic gold, from world-record shattering runs to the scandal that changed sports forever.
🔹 Episode Highlights:
• [E01 Hook: "A young sprinter leaves Jamaica with a dream—and a target on his back"]
• [E06 Hook: "The truth behind the scandal: what really happened, and why it still matters"]
• Exclusive interviews: teammates, coaches, journalists & Ben Johnson himself
• Archival footage: iconic races, press conferences, and defining moments
• Thematic depth: ambition, pressure, sacrifice, and the price of greatness
🔹 Series Info:
• Format: Sports Documentary / Biographical Drama / Investigative Series
• Original Network: [Customize: e.g., CBC / Netflix / Streaming Platform]
• Season: 1 | Episodes: 1 & 6 (Premiere & Finale Arc)
• Subject: Ben Johnson – Canadian Sprinter, Olympic Champion, Controversial Icon
• Setting: Jamaica, Canada, Seoul 1988 Olympics, Global Sports Arena
• Language: English (Original Audio) + Subtitles Available
• Runtime: ~45-60 minutes (full) | Clip/Highlight version: ~10-15 min
🎧 Prefer audio? Listen to sports documentary recaps & athletics podcasts on Spotify, Apple Podcasts.
👉 Enjoying the series? Hit LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, and comment: "Was Ben Johnson a victim of the system or responsible for his choices? 👇🏃" Turn on notifications 🔔 so you never miss the next chapter!
#HateThePlayer #BenJohnsonStory #SportsDocumentary #OlympicScandal #S1E[X] #TrackAndField #BiographicalDrama #BingeWatch #SportsHistory #Seoul1988 #DopingScandal #AthleticsLegacy
⚠️ Copyright Disclaimer: This video is shared for promotional, review, and informational purposes only. All rights to "Hate the Player: The Ben Johnson Story" belong to the original production company and broadcasting network. This upload complies with Fair Use guidelines (Section 107, U.S. Copyright Act). No copyright infringement intended.
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00:20Charlie, hey, you put together the old Scarborough Optimist Club.
00:24Yeah, man, it was the best, best track club, not just in Canada, but in the world.
00:29Wow.
00:30Yeah, man.
00:31The best club until Canada track ruined it.
00:33But why?
00:34Did they hate winning or what?
00:36Spite.
00:37They were jealous.
00:40I love Charlie.
00:42Loved him a lot.
00:43Oh, he's this one.
00:44Look, look.
00:47I loved him so much.
00:48He was kind of like my white daddy, you know?
00:51You see the resemblance?
00:53Yeah.
01:00This is a heightened and theatrical take on Ben Johnson's story.
01:04Ben's story, his version of events.
01:06There are other takes, but this ain't that.
01:08Ben's show, Ben's rules.
01:11Charlie.
01:12Yeah, you know, before Charlie was a great coach, he was a pretty good athlete.
01:18How good was he?
01:20I mean, he was no Ben Johnson, but...
01:26Whoa, whoa, okay, you make it sound ancient.
01:28It was 1972.
01:29Well before my time.
01:32Understand?
01:46These games sucked for Canada.
01:48Yeah, for Finland too.
01:50Yeah, well, no one expects anything from Finland.
01:53Hey, Finland is a mighty nation, you little field mouse.
01:56We've won more medals than Canada.
01:59Ha!
01:59Canada.
02:00England's bastard child.
02:03Oh, they will always love America more.
02:06Because Canada has nothing but smelly beavers and tiny nipples.
02:10Suck syrup, you cuck.
02:12Ja, ja, ja.
02:13Yeah, well, the next games are gonna be in Montreal.
02:16And then we'll take care of business.
02:17You'll see.
02:20You'll see.
02:22God damn it, why do we still suck?
02:24What's a cuck? Always a cuck.
02:26Ja, ja, ja.
02:28You son of a bitch.
02:29It's okay.
02:30We will get them in the next game.
02:31No, we won't.
02:32We suck, Ivan.
02:34Even fucking Finland makes fun of us.
02:36We're coaches for Team Canada.
02:38It means something.
02:40We need a game changer here.
02:41We cannot just make Canadians faster.
02:44No, but we can get faster Canadians.
02:47Well, what does Trinidad and Tobago have that we don't?
02:50Coffee.
02:51And?
02:51Gold medals.
02:52Yeah, and?
02:54Blacks.
02:57Black athletes.
02:58Canada has black people.
03:00We can get them on the team.
03:01We have them.
03:02But Harry Jerome retired.
03:04Well, we'll round up new blacks!
03:07I know how that sounds, but that's good racism.
03:11All racism is good racism.
03:13Wait, what?
03:14Sorry.
03:15Stop.
03:16This is wild.
03:17Explain all that.
03:18Harry Jerome was a black Canadian sprinter in his 60s.
03:21He set a bunch of Canadian records.
03:24He's like me, but old.
03:26Yeah, no.
03:27No, no, no.
03:27What's this about rounding up blacks?
03:30Well, yeah.
03:30After the Montreal games, Charlie went on the hunt for black people.
03:34Yeah, I don't know.
03:34I don't know if a hunt is a good-
03:35Yeah, but most athletes need a sponsor, right?
03:38And they can't train and work at the same time.
03:41So Charlie, he sponsored a whole heap of us.
03:44So he just walked around looking for black people?
03:47Yes.
03:54Ooh, yeah.
03:56Now we're cooking.
03:57Thank you, Pierre Elliott Trudeau.
04:02This'll do.
04:14Mm, mm, mm.
04:16Look at those black lines.
04:20Oh, hello.
04:24Who?
04:36I will find you.
04:45Father God, bless this food to our bodies and our bodies.
04:50Oh!
04:55But Jesus, Mary and Joseph.
04:58You?
04:59Mm-hmm.
05:00Mommy, a white man in our house.
05:08No!
05:15Perfect, Finn.
05:17My African prince.
05:20My cockies and coats.
05:24Don't flip-flop spit on every foot.
05:26Check him out!
05:28Finn?
05:29Who is this white man?
05:31My new track coach, Mommy.
05:33It is an honor to meet you, Mrs. Johnson.
05:35Okay.
05:37Take a foot out of my table.
05:38Sorry, Mommy.
05:39Seriously, though.
05:40I need our two toes.
05:42You're my sister mode.
05:43In the first few years, they were hard, man.
05:46We had to raise our own funds.
05:52What are you guys, uh, raising money for?
05:54We need money for Winnipeg for racing.
05:57Winnipeg?
05:58Mm-hmm.
05:59Sounds awful.
06:00You should come to Cancun with me.
06:02What if they have, uh, races in Mexico?
06:05Let me ask Charlie.
06:06Charlie!
06:07Uh, ma'am?
06:08Yeah?
06:08I think your car's ready.
06:10Oh, that's cool.
06:10I didn't drive.
06:12You guys have fun, eh?
06:13Okay?
06:13Be yourselves, you know what I'm saying?
06:15Keep it clean on the cars.
06:17You guys are great.
06:18You see, we raised money, but we had more obstacles to worry about.
06:21But no, our paperwork is in order.
06:23This is ridiculous!
06:24We drove all the way from Toronto!
06:26Sorry, Charlie.
06:27The Canadian Track and Field Association have decided.
06:29Your team cannot compete.
06:31Ivan, buddy.
06:32Why have powerful friends when you can't take advantage of it?
06:37Wow, I see what this is.
06:39This is such bullshit!
06:41So, Viv, good.
06:42Do you understand?
06:43Oh, I'm reading you loud and clear.
06:45Got too much, uh, mahogany in your van.
06:4710-4, good buddy.
06:48Not enough cream in your coffee.
06:50Copy that!
06:50We do gold-silver bronze, not black.
06:53Okay, I said I get it.
06:54Yeah, go back to Africa.
06:55Oh!
06:56Okay!
06:57I'm running this straight up the flagpole!
06:59Do it!
07:00By the time they get back to you, all the respectable athletes will be done the race.
07:04Respectable!
07:04Charlie, Charlie, Charlie, Charlie.
07:05Fuck you!
07:06I will take that clipboard and that timer and shove it straight up your board!
07:10I'm here!
07:11I'm here!
07:11You call yourself Canadian?
07:13I bet you don't even know how to skate!
07:14Oh, I do triple axel on your face!
07:16Yeah, I'm gonna do a triple axel on your mom!
07:19Okay, I'm cool!
07:19I'm cool!
07:20I'm cool, baby!
07:21You know how to skate.
07:22Charlie, he was on a mission.
07:24Man, he didn't stop.
07:25I'm not cool!
07:26He wrote letters, he made phone calls.
07:29It was so relentless, but none of it worked, you know?
07:31Okay, so these drag folk were fine when it was just one Harry Jerome, but when it's
07:36a bunch of black athletes...
07:37Then yes, it's a problem.
07:39But people like Ivan couldn't keep us out forever, though.
07:42Charlie Francis is relentless.
07:45Anyone else getting midnight phone calls?
07:48It's honestly too much.
07:50These immigrants are ruining our country.
07:53No more fucking around, bro.
07:54We will show these so-called optimists who is the superior race.
08:00Heirs.
08:01Who is the superior race heirs?
08:03Is what I was going to say.
08:05Okay, Ivan, that is crazy as 1978 racism is over.
08:09Okay?
08:10Who cares what they look like?
08:12You know?
08:12And I don't see color.
08:13Okay?
08:14I like the cut of Charlie's jib.
08:16You know?
08:17He's got passion.
08:18I say we let him race.
08:20Let's give him a shot.
08:21But if they race, they race clean.
08:27A cabal.
08:29Really?
08:30No.
08:31This cabal is completely made up.
08:33There's no proof that the optimists were excluded because of their race.
08:39There could have been lots of other reasons.
08:42Probably.
08:43Yeah, it's not that they're bigger.
08:44They're not.
08:45They're darker.
08:46So the light refracts differently around them.
08:48So really, it's just an optical loop.
08:51Four.
08:52Here.
08:52Hello.
08:54What?
08:57What?
08:58They're letting us race!
09:00We're on, baby!
09:02Oh!
09:04Yes!
09:05Yes!
09:06Yes!
09:07Ronnie, babe, just got some great news.
09:09Babe?
09:10Charlie, you haven't been home in a month.
09:13Were you ever gonna call?
09:15Um...
09:15I want a divorce.
09:19You've been married this whole time, Charlie?
09:22I can't remember.
09:24When they start letting us race, man, took no prisoners.
09:30The shackles came off and we got to work.
09:36When we were taking podiums like Kenny from a baby.
09:42Should have changed our name from the Scarborough Optimist to Golden Showers because it rained medals, baby.
09:48Yeah!
09:49Gross.
09:51Okay, so you beat the white people in Canada.
09:53What's next?
09:53I mean, we went international, but we got our asses kicked.
09:57A lot.
10:04Hey.
10:05Check out that guy.
10:07Something tells me he's not a masseuse.
10:09Hmm.
10:10From under the smile.
10:13No.
10:14Betty, they're on steroids!
10:16All three of them, they're on steroids!
10:18The doctor's on steroids!
10:20The flower girl, the lady who hung the medals, they're on steroids!
10:24That hot dog guy's on steroids!
10:28The whole goddamn state is on steroids!
10:32This doc is...
10:35Okay, here's some legal advice.
10:37When speaking statements that could be reasonably construed to be libelous, use the word allegedly.
10:44Repeat after me.
10:46Allegedly.
10:47Not possibly, not probably, not literally, not might be maybe.
10:53Allegedly.
10:54Can you do that?
10:56Ben, you know I have big dreams for this club.
10:59Mm-hmm.
11:00I put everything I have into it.
11:03Money, sweat, tears.
11:05I lost my car.
11:06And your wife, Charlie.
11:08Yes, of course, her too.
11:11But we have to be honest with ourselves.
11:12We need some help.
11:13Well, we just, you know, up the train of the call Ardor.
11:16That's it, Charlie.
11:17Ardor?
11:18Yeah.
11:18Ben, you're going all out seven days a week.
11:20What are we supposed to do, create more hours in a day?
11:23So what are you seeing, Charlie?
11:25You see what I'm seeing.
11:26The other teams are doping and nobody's doing a damn thing about it.
11:28So, Ben, what's the plan?
11:35How committed are you to winning?
11:37Come on.
11:37You know the answer to that.
11:39You're right, you're right.
11:39I'm sorry.
11:41We can't beat him, Ben.
11:43I looked at it every which way.
11:47So how would you feel...
11:52...about joining them?
12:17Let's go! Get it up there!
12:19Come on, you kid boy!
12:21Come on!
12:23Come on!
12:23Come on!
12:29Get it!
12:32No shade, but I guess it worked.
12:34You got that bronze in 84, right?
12:37Mm-hmm.
12:38Oh, it's getting better, you know?
12:40I mean, I beat everybody in Canada, everybody in Europe, but still couldn't catch Carl.
12:47I had the Captain America dude, right?
12:49Mm-hmm.
12:50America, you know, they had special doctors and labs and unlimited funds.
12:57Allegedly!
12:58So me and Charlie had to find new supplements.
13:01We needed our own experts.
13:02So, we found...
13:06Jamie.
13:18Wow, listeners.
13:20You must be the busiest veterinarian I ever saw.
13:24All right.
13:25I'm a vet.
13:39Jamie's dead.
13:41So I guess say what you want.
13:45So you ready to up your game?
13:47Claim the flame?
13:49We are.
13:50Well, you come to the best.
13:52Better than the rest.
13:53I big up my chest because I can beat any test.
13:57Why don't I sound like Dr. Seuss?
13:59Listen, we're interested, but we don't like attracting attention here.
14:03I understand completely.
14:05I'm all about that subtle life.
14:14Oh, you don't have to worry about that.
14:17I was eating donuts earlier.
14:21Steroid sommelier.
14:23Should you have this on a card?
14:24Read it again.
14:26My name's not on it.
14:27Isn't that your phone number?
14:28Yes.
14:29And your address?
14:30Yes, also.
14:31Okay, I think I'm having second thoughts about this.
14:35I like him.
14:36You seem nice.
14:39So, you're doing all of this dirt?
14:42Mm-hmm.
14:42You don't feel guilty?
14:44Oh, good or bad.
14:46We need to take the drugs.
14:48I mean, like it or not, steroids was a part of who I am.
14:52I mean, my winnings really lifted up Canada track.
14:55How many athletes do you know who have pensions because of what we did?
15:00Okay, facts.
15:02Facts.
15:04And the tables finally turned on Karl.
15:06And I was the fastest man in the world.
15:10Thanks to all my hard work.
15:12And genius drugs.
15:13What?
15:14Yes.
15:16Them two.
15:18When I took flight, everybody soared.
15:21Can I offer you some of Canada's finest?
15:24We went from Brock Donzeller clothes to Taylor Treads.
15:29Thanks to me.
15:30Look at this.
15:31A new tracksuit, maple syrup.
15:33Syrup.
15:33Buddy.
15:34Cheers, Ben.
15:37What?
15:37No.
15:38That is some thick syrup.
15:40Hurry up now.
15:41Oh, yeah, here we go.
15:43Money was so good.
15:45I mean, Charlie got a really big deal from one of the biggest shoe companies in the world.
15:52Do not even think about saying the name of any real shoe companies.
15:57Fine.
15:58Welcome now to the father family.
16:02Thank you, Mr. Din.
16:04Din.
16:05Din.
16:06Din.
16:06The more you say it, the more you want it.
16:08Din.
16:10It's been a dream of mine for a long time.
16:12It's been a dream of mine for a long time to sign you.
16:15You know, we're really honored to be here, Mr. Bjorgenberg.
16:21Bjorgenberg.
16:22You just got to commit to it.
16:24Mr. Bjorgenberg.
16:26No, that's not it.
16:27I'm very surprised you as a white man cannot say it.
16:30Mr. B.
16:31Yes.
16:32When I leave, can I take a tracksuit?
16:35You do what you want now.
16:36You rolling with fodder.
16:38Our athletes are of a certain ilk.
16:42They in an echelon above all others.
16:45We stay on top and we stay clean.
16:52Clean?
16:53Yeah, man.
16:54Our athletes don't get caught doing the narcotica.
16:59You know what I mean?
17:00Took.
17:02Drugs.
17:03Uh, don't get caught.
17:06Ever.
17:07We assure it.
17:09Ah.
17:10Gotcha.
17:13The dip on steroids.
17:15And as a fodder athlete, we believe that's none of the world's damn business.
17:21We want you to cook, so why don't you cook for us?
17:26You know, my life is pleased, Charlie.
17:28It's nice.
17:33Mr. Johnson, it is so nice to finally meet you.
17:36Oh, you too.
17:37Oh.
17:38Big hand.
17:39Ah, thank you for all the support, um, Mr. Artface.
17:43And Charlie says really nice things about you.
17:46Oh, well, he's the best, so I'll take any compliment I can get from him.
17:51Yes, he is the best.
17:53Um, so I'm here because I'm going to take out some of my prize money.
17:58I'm going to be buying my second home.
18:00Oh.
18:01No.
18:04No, but it's my money.
18:06So, yeah, well, yes and no.
18:09You see, your prize money works with everybody else's money so that all of our money grows.
18:17Are you with me?
18:18Mm-hmm.
18:18So you are actually helping Canadian athletes.
18:23Doesn't that feel good to give back to the country that saved you from Jamaica?
18:29I wasn't saved from Jamaica.
18:30And now it's like we're all winning, you know?
18:32Just like you on the track, big guy, with our money.
18:37Um, but I need to buy this house.
18:39Well, you want to buy the house.
18:43I don't understand, but Charlie says it's my money and I can get it whenever I need it because it's
18:50my money.
18:51You're making a lot of money.
18:52Yes.
18:53Big guy, do you really trust yourself to know what to do with it?
18:57I think I do trust myself.
18:59Well, you shouldn't.
19:01Real estate's a stupid investment.
19:03Bad idea.
19:05You're welcome.
19:07That house is worth $4 million now.
19:11It is what it is.
19:12I used to make good appearance fees back then.
19:14The biggest one I had was actually for a meet in Japan.
19:18Yes, Tokyo.
19:19Yeah, they love me.
19:21They love me in Japan.
19:23The car was still ducking me like a little bitch.
19:25But Charlie, I think he's getting distracted by all the money.
19:29Charlie.
19:32Wear a tracksuit there.
19:34Wear your dress suit.
19:36Oh, they lost my luggage.
19:38What are you getting to do?
19:39Come on, let's warm up.
19:41Hey, listen, Charlie.
19:42After the meet, I need for rest.
19:44You see it?
19:45I'm tired.
19:46One down one.
19:47Ben, we can't ease up now.
19:49The games are four months away.
19:51Gotta keep our foot on the gas.
19:55See, the old Canada wanted me to beat Carl's ass in the games.
19:59You see, Carl's like Captain America, right?
20:01All around the 80s, he was like the best American ever.
20:04So if someone from Canada with a big car in the games, like me, it would be like Canada was
20:11better than America.
20:11As Prime Minister of the greatest country in the world, Canada, I hereby declare today and every day, from now
20:19until the end of time, Ben Johnson Day.
20:21Eat our frozen dust.
20:23Eat our frozen dust, America.
20:24God bless Canada.
20:26God bless the Queen.
20:28And most of all, God bless you, Ben Johnson.
20:34God bless you.
20:37I mean, genuinely, that sounds like crazy pressure.
20:40Mm-hmm.
20:41For most people.
20:43You know?
20:43But for me, it was...
20:45Okay.
20:47But what happened next, though, huh?
20:49I mean, it's every runner's nightmare.
20:54On your arc.
20:57Get set.
21:01I've just got a bad!
21:05No!
21:13No!
21:14No!
21:29Four months to the games.
21:32I tore my hamstring.
21:35I was finished.
21:38We were done.
21:43We were done.
22:09We were done.
22:10We were done.
22:24We were done.
22:30We were done.
22:31You
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