Why Olympian Carl Lewis RETIRED After the 1996 Olympics | Undeniable with Dan Patrick
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- Legendary Olympian and Gold Medalist Carl Lewis reveals the REAL reason why he retired after the 1996 Olympics.
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Watching this guy compete spanned almost my entire childhood
same here.
Sat with him for over an hour in Moorestown mall talking about his book Inside Track. Will never forget and have respected his entire career to this day. Truly a wonderful human being and will always be worldclass.
I saw that Carl Lewis is now a cross-country coach for very young runners .This gentleman loves sport.
And steroids.😅
It’s weird that a talented sprinter and jumper would choose to coach distance especially cross country. I’ll admit distance athletes are lazy and don’t require the motivation to practice and try hard and train like young sprinters do. Cross country and distance is a self hating sport. The better you do the more you hurt lol. Unlike sprinting if your loosing it’s not over in 30 seconds lol. You got 15 painful minutes of everyone seeing you loosing and it’s not like you can bitch out and quit in front of everyone either no one likes
@@nonyobussiness3440he’s the chubbs Peterson of distance coaching. Chair and a magazine.😂
I have a theory as to why he works with "very young" runners. But it's just that at this point.
@@davidlynch9049 did he really use steroids?
Carl Lewis is the best long jumper in history, if we look at consistency. Yes, Bob Beamon did something that changed perhaps the entire sport. Breaking the world record by 55 cm is incredible. I've watched on Norwegian TV, the audience seems like they didn't understand what was really happening. Carl Lewis carried this story forward. Carl Lewis is a great Legend, 1983-1996. I personally think the media is not good enough to honor great sporting heroes from the past, but we also have this problem in Norway. It must be said that it is incredible that Bob Beamon still holds the Olympic record in the long jump. The jump and the story behind it will perhaps become as legendary as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:)
👉 roids
Phenomenal athlete. All of those Olympic medals in sprints while also doing long jump. Nobody has done that since.
Well, the steroids were phenomenal anyway…
@@rickbateman2401 🤣
@@junenelson4426 it’s sad you believe otherwise.
@@rickbateman2401 carl cheated his whole career lol failed many drug tests
@@mastermao007 I am aware. The only reason why he won Olympic Gold in 1988 was because the US was able to buy it for him. Both he and Ben Johnson failed their drug tests.
I was a bus driver for the Olympic Athletics at the 1984 Olympics. I was behind the scenes when I saw Carl Lewis walking in the middle of 4 bodyguards. I ran up to the group and said "I'm suppose to get your photo"' Carl smiled so pretty for me; One of my greatest moments.
fast, successful, bright... dishonest, narcissistic, deceitful
This about Carl Lewis, not you! 😡
@@jolsn42 yes, I mean Carl Lewis: ... apparently he has still suppressed the fact that he shouldn't have started in Seoul in 1988 - at the US trials he was convicted of doping, and everyone but him knows that. calling Ben Johnson dirty is already bold
CL was juicing almost his entire career, so were his competition. So I give him credit for beating most of those that were like him. But, then I put him in the same camp as Armstrong in cycling.
We are the lucky ones Carl. To have men and women of your caliber standing tall representing us is truly an honor!
Carl was as clean as FloJo
Fraude...
This man blasted Ben Johnson for being on steroids... only for us to find out that he was on the roids the whole time too. What a joke.
proof ?
Right! Proof!@@oldfart5063
Absoutely legend. And nobody looked better sprinting. Poetry in motion.
Absolutely.
✅Graceful
✅Agility
✅Speed
✅Endurance
✅Aerodynamism 101%
✅Good looking
✅Charismatic
✅Humbleness
❤Legend❤Icon❤His names alone were to be branded in the Olympias for ever❤
He was doped, like ben johnson. Words of Calvin Smith...
@@lesquale128 Grow up. Anabolics are part of all athletism sports. Ben Johnson went way over the recommended and tolerated dosage. Carl is still the crowned KING.
@@lesquale128 You sound like you're the one who's doped.
A legend in using doping
My guess is because he knew they were improving PED testing.
Snitch … rats out Ben Johnson while he’s on the sauce like the everyone else.
I was there, greatest sporting night of my life! Michael Johnson won a gold the same night.
My favorite track memory was when Donovan Bailey DESTROYED Michael Johnson in Michaels own event!
@@domjohnson2579Michaels events were 400 and 200, Donovans were 100 and 200, 150 is obviously suited more to Donovans.
doping ruined all sports.
Hero when I was growing up. Always thought he never ran his best race and was capable of under 9.8. Phenomenal athlete.
The best fact by far which totally rams home his ability in long jump is the fact his winning jump in 1992 Barcelona Olympics would have been still the winning distance in every Olympics since....now that's talent
That's crazy. Also, his winning jump from Barcelona, he came off the board so far off. It's rumor, as per Dwight Stones, had he jump right off the board, with no inches to spare, he might of threaten Mike Powell's WR jump from the previous year.
That’s a great stat really wish he’d got that WR in Tokyo 91. Best LJ final they’ll probably ever be
@@masterofdisaster9194 Mike Powell world record is still the best as well even now....both him and Carl have been different class in the event....
@@MarkWadsworth-c7n Carl was different class from Mike, too. Sure Mike made (and still has) the world record and was near the top for many many years. But Carl was The top, a superior athlete, let alone that his best (official & unofficial) performances happened that day in Tokyo, yet he lost !
Carl Lewis was a cheater, he admitted so - thought years after, he was a cheat and always be cheater.
Awesome. Carl Lewis one of the greatest.
When he was awarded the gold medal following Ben Johnson's disqualification, he was on the very same drugs, there's justice.
Rode in a van with Carl’s dad in Memphis. The Willingboro track club was shuttling from the motel to the track. Every kid was a perfect gentleman. They taught values, not just winning.
Coach & Mrs. Lewis were class folks. Ran for the WTC in the summers of 91 & 92 after my frosh & sophomore year at RV.
Love Carl Lewis. Smart, positive, and an amazing work ethic.
O yea i forgot. He tested positive at the same event they disqualified Ben Johnson. What was weird they told public only about Bens test not Carls.
@@hagestadand what did he test positive for?
❤🎉❤One Of The Greatest Track & Field Athletes Of All Time. THANK YOU...Carl Lewis.
What can you say? Man was incredible!
As an athlete. Not as a person.
he was a drug cheat - you forgot this part.
You're opening up a huge can of worms here. Don't get me started. And if you're going to go down this road then hold the same standard for everyone in every sport, every time. From what I've read what he had in his system was not enough to be a ped. I won't say he's a good person but he is a fantastic athlete. And where people draw their lines on drugs and drug testing/abuse is hugely inconsistent.
There's no way you win gold medals in that era with massive PED use. Masking techniques were very effective and the US sanctioning bodies were looking the other way when something did show up in a test. And of course he was a great athlete - that's not a debate. If everyone is juiced and he wins, he's the best athlete.@@gregrichards1601
@@gregrichards1601 "he was a drug cheat - you forgot this part"
- Ah, here we go.
He still looks like he is in incredible shape! He really helped take track to another level in regards to popularity.
He’s an overrated doper with a terrible start. Ben Johnson > Carl Lewis 🤷♀️
Meh. Never really liked him back then... don't care about him now.
The best to ever do it. 4 consecutive long jump golds. When no one else ever won 2. The true Athletics goat.
because all the drug taking caught up with Him
I remember this like it was yesterday. I even remember him going to the Jay Leno or David Letterman show a month or so before. We all wondered why he was even trying... Leno or Letterman asked him if he really thought he could win, and he responded "It's only now that you're asking that I realize that losing is a possibility..." The man was that confident... Losing was not even a thought although he was 35 years old competing against guys 10-15 years younger... One month later he achieved the unthinkable!!!!
He couldn't take any more drugs is the reason.
Ok ladies and gentlemen let’s not forget he failed a drug test and skipped a couple just before Ben Johnson was caught in 1988 !
tightening up doping regs didnt help him
So.. Carl Lewis admitted to be using steroids. He is NO champion, he should have been stripped from he's achievements completely.. Once a cheater, ALWAYS a cheater..
He Was Drug cheat don't forget that part like what's her name the other one
The one with the long fingers nails who had a heart attack at 39 and still holds world records 36 years later?
I was so young in the 80s, so I don't remember any of this. It is nice to be able to reflect on it by watching RUclips videos now. Carl is an inspiration.
I wasn't so young so I remember the real Carl Lewis. He is definitely not someone to aspire to be like. He is a fake, a liar, and arrogant.
This was in the mid 90s homie
Scientific runner with the ultimate competitor mindset
Tested positive 3 times for ephedrine and never punished
At this age looking like this : No Comment ! 😂😂 By the way, this guy was caught cheating too, I don’t understand why, no one is talking about this. Well I do, but a, gonna pretend like I don’t 😂😂😂😂 Nasty hypocrites 🤮🤮🤮
I ❤ u so much for putting track and field on your show. U just interviewed THE MAN!!!❤🎉
Someday he will come clean.
The MOST successful cheater in track and field history. Zero respect for this guy.
Who cares ur bullshit thoughts😂.
The son of the wind (figlio del vento).
I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT CARL IS SAYING,THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO ME,WHEN I WAS 19 IN 1958,I BROKE THE WORLD JUNIOR RECORD IN THE POLE VAULT AND I WALKED AWAY AND NEVER VAULTED AGAIN,NOTHING MORE TO PROVE TO MYSELF
You were on stuff. Great athlete. Wow! But you were all . And you all kept quiet except when a Canadian beat you all. American sports is hypocrisy and excellence. You cannot believe a word he says which is a real shame.
I met Carl at a 10k race in Santa Monica, California back in 1980 , and talked to him for about fifteen minutes as we both did our pre-race stretching....he seemed very down-to-earth, and very polite, if a bit on the quiet side...very focused...well, a few minutes later , we lined up to race, and I ran with him for about 2 miles before his pace was too fast for me to sustain any longer, and he soon disappeared out in front.... afterwards , I saw that he won that race first overall , and I went up to him and congratulated him, and left that day feeling like I just met someone who would go far in their running career. And, sure enough.....
Wow he was doing 10k races too?
What a load of bs
@@Cormac-jd2kx No , the poster got the timeline wrong for his lies. Pathetic but some people need that attention. By 1980 Carl was close to world-class in sprint and long jump. You bet he never participated in a10k in 1980
Sure it was not the marathon?
Yeah, I was at that race too, man. It was cool.
Big time doper. Broke the world record into his 30s. No. Illegal substances.
To this day…if you say athletics…I think Carl Lewis. It’s like the whole NBA thing. LeBron is the goat (Aka Usain Bolt) …but many think Jordan.
This guy and the 80s American team were all juiced up.
not carl troll
@@oldfart5063 I hope your comment was ironical because he sure was. Back then the US was fighting for everyone to get tested while their "universal soldiers" remained untouched.
PROOF, please. I don't know who you are, but you can't make that statement without proof. If you expect me to take your word for it, your sadly mistaken.
@@JoeSchmo-u1d It is well known that the US teams, during this period, were dope fiends. You may deny it and bury your head in the sand but it is true. It was an era where Russian athletes were excelling (because they too were drugged out) and the US needed upend Russian superiority. Just like they did by "landing" on the moon.
So we’re to believe that the whole US team was juiced, but not the rest of the world huh 🤔…ok
Cheat
Drug cheat 🤦♂️ Got rich with his holier than thou attitude, especially against Ben Johnson…… but in the end he was just a better cheat 🤦♂️
ben johnson tells the story of how he thinks carl lewis and his trainer were with him in the training room and could have dropped something in a pepsi. the way carl lewis acts "that he knew" he was doping seems off. its not passing the eyeball test and giving vibes of an absolute hater willing to take out his opponent by any means necessary. also of you see lewis after he stopped running he shriveled up the a guy who had just gotten off the juice himself. dirty interview.
I've met a few guys on the team at UH. Carl Lewis demands complete effort. Helluva'n athlete.
I am still mad how he behaved towards Ben Johnson. Knowing now Lewis was just as loaded as Johnson and then playing the victim of a juicer and even before the Olympics throwing shade at Johnson. Then getting gold 1988 that way condemning Johnson was pathetic. He still hasnt owned up to that.
1988 olympics- three positive drug tests !
I'm going to show you how much you don't know what you're talking about. Those of us who follow the sport know that Ben was busted for stanazolol, a performance enhancing drug. If Carl was "just as loaded" as Ben, what performance enhancing drug was Carl busted for?
It takes a true hero to juice the way he did without getting caught
He’s absolutely right my buddy was there in the Olympics and said Carl get caught, but it was covered up
@@BSimp4242 he was busted for ephedrine, pseudoephedrine and propalomine . That was what they caught him for and kept it under wraps . If that would have lead to more testing more would have been revealed. It was more than an open secret that the Santa Monica Track Club was a government protected PED abusing facility. Look it up
One of the finest athelete all time. Perfect body, posture and sprinting style
and steroids and hgh
One of my absolute childhood heroes. Probably the most beautiful sprinter there has ever been, he had so much grace in his sprinting style.
Doper
All the top sprinters at that time, would accuse each other of drug cheating, but claim to be clean themselves.
It was quite comical.
Yup, it was also because it was a period the the west (US/UK) were just competing against themselves as they owned the PED industry and drug controls. Some went haywire like Joyner which eventually cost them their lives.
It was pretty horrific how Lewis outed Johnson even before the olympics as he was faster and played that dirty game.
@@listrahtes I remember Carl Lewis saying “Team GB sprinter Linford Christie hasn’t been caught…yet”.
Wouldn’t surprise me if they were all taking substances which were borderline illegal.
@@MrCol104 Well its proven with Lewis. His positive tests before the Olympics are well known now thats why I cant see anything else than a snake listening to him knowing he was just as full with PED and then played the victim towards other sprinters and threw dirt at them. Christie didnt do that.
Amazing how he could just explain away the reason for a Banned Substance being in his system and then point fingers at others who were known or suspected to be using/having the said Substance in their bodies. 😅
King Carl Lewis. A legend in his own right and my long jump GOAT for longevity. He won nine Olympic gold medals and a silver during the 1980s and ’90s. No one else will have that bragging right of 4 consecutive Olympic gold medals in the Long jump. No one comes close...
Ummmm Usain Bolt and Michael Johnson 🤷
In every right, by any metric.
Heavily juiced up, but still impressive meaning
DRUG CHEAT!!😡😡😡
wait.. wasn't this guy drugged up to the gills?
proof?
no one wants to listen to a drug cheat - have people forgotten this? he let many people down including himself...
Your mother let alot of us down!!!!
proven drug cheat even on his biggest night but was allowed to use an excuse.
Drug cheat.
"🎶🎤 and the rockets red glare....uh oh!"
Drug cheat
Always hated him for his hypocrisy re peds and Ben etc. This guy can’t even lie straight in bed!
I worked with Carl's older brother Cleve who was an amazing soccer player. Very talented family.
Dude's a doper.
Juicing: he was not juiced in the 87 worlds when Johnson broke the WR. In 1988 he probably different to compete with Johnson. Same with 92 with Linford Christie.
I did a 6th grade book report on him in the early 90’s. Amazing to watch his career.
Carl Lewis, an American Hero! One of Track & Field's GOATS!
He retired because it was getting harder to hide the steroids🤷♂️🤷♂️
lol he was 35 years old
Not even an athlete just a drug user
I met Carl in 1979 in Santa Monica. He was training at the Santa Monica College track, and he was so focused. Later, we went out for drinks at a dive bar called Calabasas on Sepulveda Blvd.
Fantastic interview, fantastic! Carl Lews was and is Superman
He tested positive for steroids along with Ben Johnson and it was covered up while Ben wasn’t.
100% spot on! Lewis simply got beat by a better sprinter!
Is that true? Do you have a reliable and trusted source for that?
Incredible athlete. Absolute knob of a human though
Great man love from Australia
Cheater Carl Lewis.
As a junior athlete growing up Sydney I made the State for Long jump high jump and Relay best result was 3rd in the Relay.I never Cheered for a Sportsperson as hard as I did with this man,I was mesmerised by his feats even now Watching this with a Smile ear to ear WHAT MORE CAN I SAY! 🎖🎖🎖🎖🎖🎖🎖🎖🥈
It catches up to you, beyond incredibly hard on the body, being a top athlete in 1 let alone 2 let alone 4 different events, which is why no one else in history has ever done it.
Owens.
It was a pleasure to watch Carl’s career when I was a kid
I'll never forget when he matched with Bob Beamon and both jumped World Record, Carl had a series with 8m87, 8m91m and 8m87 in the jumps 3 to 5 but Bob cleared them all with 8m95 in his 5th attempt, that day made track and field history 4ever.
I was 18 when Carl Lewis competed in 1984. It is now 2024 and the 2024 Olympics are finished. There has been no finer Athlete. His style was a beautiful thing to watch and he won multiple events. Incredible athlete only equalled by Usain Bolt in my opinion.
Who do people like Lewis think they are fooling the only one he is fooling is himself
I remember having a bet with my uncle. I was 10 and he was in his late 40s. I said Carl Lewis will win. He was so sure it was too hard. '...tumba kastha' he'd said. In Kannada, that means extremely difficult. Yeah, it was wishful thinking, but even then, to my young mind, somehow it felt like he'd pull something off. Like some type of magician. And he did...
Great athlete, but should have been disqualified in 1988 after testing positive at the US Trials. And then to be awarded the gold after Ben Johnson tested positive at the Olympics at Seoul. !987-1988 was a time when many records were set and aided by a new synthetic drug.
Drugs drugs and drugs
VEGAN POWER
Although in the U.K. we all routed for Linford Christie, Carl Lewis was extremely popular too.
a lying cheater
For all those talking about the failed drug tests please link any applicable sources. I would love to educate myself about his cheating. Thank you in advance.
I don't think there is public evidence. Just many signs: the doctor that re-analyzed the vials from 84 and decided not to publish the results, the use of braces that was common for those taking growth hormone, the fact that pretty much everyone in the 80s was taking something. We will never know for sure, so anyone can believe what they want. Lewis was brilliant, but my guess is that there was some "help" there.
@@h.b.1285 I agree, the reality is that long after the fact just about everyone in the 88 100 meter final has been exposed as having "that help" , it would be unrealistic to exclude him, plus all the other incidental evidence points that way.
Not being biased but I would guess that most in the sprint game up to the present day are still doing it.
my athletics coach who was a staff coach in UK athletics talked about reports that were passed around the sport at the time with scientific evidence of him being on growth hormones for years his jawline had moved which was a common sign of growth hormones in adults it was just a matter of catching the guy the testing methods werent that great at the time either. The entire USA track team failed tests in pre olympic testing and were still sent to the olympics this is well known at the time and most were Santa Monica Athletes
looks like nobody can post any evidence , just their opinion which means nothing
Drugs cheat.
Wow.....how lucky my generation was to watch Mr. Lewis's career unfold live......thank you Mr. Carl Lewis.
From the era when 99% of the sprinters were on gear.
If they're all doing it, I think it's fair game.
Ruined the man's life not saying Ben wasn't at fault however he admits it they did not even hear his side. You still carry on even when you were doping. Karma is a bitch coming around quick these days. Interviewer know your facts not just one side.
Drug cheat
He and Mary Lou Retton will be lighting the cauldron in L.A. 2028. I can't wait.