FILE PHOTO: Sprinter Ben Johnson of Canada talks with his colleagues during his visit to the track at the Seoul Olympic Stadium in Seoul September 24, 2013. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - A TV ad for a gambling company that features disgraced sprinter Ben Johnson making light of doping has sparked outrage in Australia, with politicians and sports officials demanding it be pulled from the air.
The Sportsbet ad has Canadian Johnson, who was stripped of his 100 metres gold medal in the 1988 Seoul Games after testing positive to a banned steroid, promoting a "juiced-up" mobile phone app.
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