Don’t Hate The Game, Hate The Player: The Most Hated Athletes Of All Time

Justin Gatlin

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Justin Gatlin is the former fastest man in the world. Even if you run the fastest 100-meter time, the only way you get the title of the fastest human is by winning Gold at the Olympics. In 2004, Gatlin brought home the Gold for America when he ran a 9.85 to win the race.

Sadly, Gatlin submitted a positive doping test in 2006. “I cannot account for these results because I have never knowingly used any banned substance or authorized anyone to administer such a substance to me,” he said. As honest as that may seem, fans were outraged and the fastest human quickly transformed into the most hated track athlete, opening up the world of athletics for Usain Bolt to dominate.