Johnson says wronged in his book on '88 Games scandal

NEW YORK - Disgraced former sprinter Ben Johnson, who had his 100m gold and world record at the 1988 Olympics stripped after testing positive for steroids, has claimed a book due in September will provide new evidence he was a victim of sabotage.

Johnson also claimed he had been wronged by the Olympic and athletics authorities, despite conceding he had knowingly taken the banned substance in the lead-up to the Seoul Games.

"It's been 22 years since I tested positive in 1988 and it has come to pass that I was sabotaged, put it that way," Johnson said on Thursday ahead of a symposium in Harlem on sports in Jamaica.