document: Ben Johnson knowingly took steroids and those close close to the runner also were aware of it , fellow Canadian Olympic sprinter Angella Issajenko was quoted as saying in an interview published Sunday . Johnson _ stripped of his Olympic gold medal in the 100-meter final after he tested positive for the banned steroid stanozolol _ also was taking steroids when he set a world sprint record last summer in Rome , the Toronto Star newspaper quoted Ms. Issajenko as saying . Ms. Issajenko , who also competed in the Olympics in Seoul , South Korea , was quoted as saying she also took the muscle-building drug . The Olympics , which began Sept. 17 , ended Oct. 2 . Later , her husband Tony said Ms. Issajenko denied saying she and Johnson took steroids . The Toronto Star said Sunday that it stood by its story . Ms. Issajenko previously accused a therapist of giving her and Johnson steroids without their knowledge but later retracted the statement . Ms. Issajenko in the interview claimed Dr. George Mario -LRB- Jamie -RRB- Astaphan provided steroids and monitored the program with the knowledge of Charlie Francis , coach of the Mazda Optimist Track Club , which she and Johnson belong to . `` I just do n't care any more , '' Ms. Issajenko was quoted as saying . `` I 'm fed up with all the bull . ... Ben takes steroids . I take steroids . Jamie -LRB- Astaphan -RRB- gives them to us and Charlie is n't a scientist but he knows what 's happening . '' Johnson , 26 , says he has never knowingly taken illegal drugs while Astaphan has said he has never administered stanozolol _ the banned steroid found in the runner 's urine sample after his world record 100-meter run at the Olympics . Francis , meanwhile , has said the test result `` defies all logic '' and could only be explained `` by deliberate manipulation of the testing process . '' Ms. Issajenko , 30 , was quoted as saying she had first-hand knowledge Johnson received steroids from Astaphan from 1984 to 1986 but `` Ben was going on his own to Jamie after that . '' She also said Astaphan was administering steroids to Johnson when he set a 9.83-second world record in the 100-metre sprint at the world championships in Rome . Johnson 's Seoul run lowered that mark to 9.79 seconds . Ms. Issajenko , the Canadian 100 - and 200-metre champion , said she has been threatened since she has come forward with her accusations against the Jamaican-born Johnson . After Johnson tested positive for steroids at the Olympics , Ms. Issajenko said therapist Waldemar Matuszewski had `` tampered '' with her and Johnson . Ms. Issajenko claimed the therapist had put anabolic steroids in the rubbing compound he used to massage their muscles . The story was called `` nonsense '' by Canadian Olympic track physician Dr. Robert Luba and Issajenko later retracted her charges against Matuszewski . The federal government has appointed Ontario Associate Chief Justice Charles Dubin to head a judicial inquiry into the Ben Johnson affair . Astaphan and Francis could not be immediately reached for comment .
extractive_keyphrases: ben johnson canadian olympic sprinter angella issajenko olympic gold medal steroid stanozolol illegal drugs
abstractive_keyphrases: 100-metre sprint