Andre Cason vs. Ben Johnson & Frank Fredericks - Men's 50m - 1991 Sunkist Invitational
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- Sunkist Invitational Indoor Track & Field Meet
Los Angeles, CA
January 18, 1991
Men’s 50m Results:
1) Andre Cason - 5.69
2) Ben Johnson - 5.74
3) Frank Fredericks - 5.75
4) Henry Neal - 5.80
5) Devlon Dunn - 5.85
6) Jeff Williams
Hamilton Spectacular Indoor Track & Field Meet
Hamilton, Ontario
January 11, 1991
Men’s 50m Results:
1) Daron Council - 5.75
2) Ben Johnson - 5.77
3) Mike Marsh - 5.79
4) Andre Cason - 5.80
5) Patrick Williams
What pissed me off is that all these naive people watching this don't understand that Ben was the only natural guy in the race. The system had it in for him. They would not out Carl or anyone else, Carl failed 4 tests in USA. Truth is every 100m sprinter at that level is on gear.
Ben wasn't that day. As he knew they would be gunning for him, so he competed natural, and incredible disadvantage and still got 2nd. He was half the build he was 3 years before at his peak.
I agree.
Worst indoor track for sprinters i've ever seen, the athletes are so close that could barely move and you have here, big men with broad shoulders, long arms that need leverage to deploy its power in a pure sprint discipline.
I had the opportunity to see Andre Cason in Madrid (Spain) a lot of years ago and he was a 60 meters specialist phenom. However, this video shows a flagrant false start by Andre and reveal , again, who is the best starter, strongest and fastest sprinter, Ben Johnson. Here, far from his best physical shape and with a competition with "advantage" over him, still the fastest.
@@DSerrador I think Frankie the only clean one of that Era...
@@AsViewAsIs Calvin Smith clean no doubt!
“Ben wasn't that day. As he knew they would be gunning for him, so he competed natural”
You are talking out of your fucking ass.
Sprinters don’t take steroids on the day of a race. They take steroids in cycles in the build up to a race. They cease taking steroids at a certain point before a race in order for the drugs to clear from their system allowing them to pass a drug test.
Ben Johnson had steroids in his system on the day of the race due to prior use in the build up cycle. He didn’t t allow enough time to pass for the drugs to clear from his system.
Stop talking shit you idiot.
@@mstrunnКелвин Смит чист??? Не надо нести чушь)
the ineptitude of the commentary team is stunning!
Thanks for sharing this. Excellent video.
Big fan of the snarky commentators. Thanks for sharing man
I was at the area when this race was held. Half of the crowd cheered and the other booed when johnson was introduced.
Also, while Johnson had his 1987 World Championship gold medal listed here (with his world record rescinded), the IAAF formally stripped him of this in January 1992.
Dumb cunts who don't understand Ben flogged 7 drug takers in 88
@@POLITICALYCORRECTify Actually, it was 6, if you are talking about the 88 Olympics Finals. Robert DeSilva and Calvin Smith were the only 2 out of the 8 who never ever had any drug issues. Frankly, Calvin Smith (No. 4 upgraded to No. 3) should have been given the gold medal. He ran 9.99.
record in 5.61 sec equal
Thanks for uploading
It was a false start i think they let it go just to keep Ben from winning but did anyone see how Cason and Ben did a pop up start,they were off and running with no drive phase,this type of start works better than the drive phase type
Over the years every guy that used this type of start always got out on me so my coach and I started practicing on it and it does work, while everyone else was going through their drive phase I was off and running even the faster guys had to play catch up,I like it because you're into your running without having to wait
Spot on - in later years most world class 50-200 meter sprinters have been leaning forward too much and for too long; Jimmy Vicaut, the former European 100 m record holder, 9.86 seconds, has been a refreshing exception from all this nonsense: he has - just like Ben Johnson, Carl Lewis and many other world class sprinters - a so-called drive phase of only 10 m, then he is (almost) completely upright.
I think John Smith and Maurice Greene started the "Drive Phase Craze". It seemed to work great for him and others want to copy, but I think it makes sense for most people to get upright and run. Flojo didn't have a drive phase she just stood up and ran out the blocks.
I disagree. Watch it again, this was a clean start. Andre always had an excellent reaction to the gun. He moved after the smoke exited the gun. Watch it again and again in slowmo! Absolutely no false start in this race.
@@ronester1 You need uncommon power to do what Ben did. Drive phase guys are relying on gravity to help stack momentum, where as it was a waste of time for Ben because his exit from the blocks was so explosive that it propelled him further than spending time 'falling'. It took like 30 years of us watching everyone and they mama get popped for roids for us to double back to reality and truly appreciate the outlier ridiculousness that was Ben Johnson
So what happened? Did they correct Cason's time or why does it say 5.69 instead of 5.55?
Back in the day, the automatic timing device was not linked to the television camera. Instead, the TV crew would record their own hand time, which was usually quite a bit faster than the automatic time. Cason's official time was 5.69.
@@jimmuchmore5854 thank you
4:28 - Ben Johnson- I’m a comin!
Wall - Umm No.
Cason totally broke there.
Eh?
@@bigacellc8802 huge false start. you are either blind, or dont know track if you dont see it.
Ben is still the best starter and finisher well in his day after Usain Bolt.
BEST start EVER. Should have been with Puma ;-) 🐾
Bolt was a terrible starter...
@loveobd628 not true
Ben is better than Carl Lewis. The American Government is covetous and bad minded against the Jamaican sprinters.
Carl Lewis is not even in this race what are you talkin about,,,lol lol
Get that hatred out your heart...
Hots
I don't know how they missed the false start
You know why they missed it, there wasn't one, you can see from the starter, smoke and Cason was still in the blocks.
@@Speedfirst Looking at it closely, it would appear you are correct
@@pmodel1 Yeah, at 11:30 in the video, you can see the smoke and then Cason cleared the blocks, great reaction time, he knew he had to get out on Ben
@@Speedfirst He had an excellent start, in that case
it was a huuuuuge false start. the smoke BS people are saying doesnt mean anything, you can leave at 0.01 - 0.11 after the gun and its a false start. thats because the human nervous system cannot react any faster than that. if you leave earlier then you've anticipated and reacted before the gun went off.
WTF?? lolol 11:39
What happened a race unofficial record 5.55 was the starting on this block ?
60m is WAY too short of a distance for a sprint so imagine 55m
FS!
approx 55 yards
“He is one of the greatest sprinters of all times with or without steroids”…. What utter bullshit….
Is Frank Fredericks any relation to Frankie Fredericks?
this is how johnson would have ran his whole career without the drugs. thats why he is a cheater
Cheat start
What would you know ?
it wasn't tho u see he clearly goes after the gun
Hello, thank you for video ❤️