, ▁I ▁won ' t ▁comp lain ▁about ▁that ▁either . ▁This ▁set ▁up ▁the ▁rival ry ▁leading ▁into ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 8 ▁Olympic ▁Games . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 8 , ▁Johnson ▁experienced ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁set back s ▁to ▁his ▁running ▁career . ▁In ▁February ▁of ▁that ▁year ▁he ▁pulled ▁a ▁ham string , ▁and ▁in ▁May ▁he ▁ag gra v ated ▁the ▁same ▁injury . ▁Meanwhile , ▁in ▁Paris ▁in ▁June , ▁Lewis ▁ran ▁a ▁ 9 . 9 9 . ▁Then ▁in ▁Zur ich , ▁Switzerland ▁on ▁August ▁ 1 7 , ▁the ▁two ▁faced ▁each ▁other ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁since ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 7 ▁World ▁Championships ; ▁Lewis ▁won ▁in ▁ 9 . 9 3 , ▁while ▁Johnson ▁finished ▁third ▁in ▁ 1 0 . 0 0 . ▁" The ▁gold ▁medal ▁for ▁the ▁( O lymp ic ) ▁ 1 0 0 ▁meters ▁is ▁mine ," ▁Carl ▁Lewis ▁said . ▁" I ▁will ▁never ▁again ▁lose ▁to ▁Johnson ." ▁ ▁Olympic ▁games ▁and ▁subsequent ▁dis qual ification ▁On ▁September ▁ 2 4 , ▁ 1 9 8 8 , ▁Johnson ▁was ▁thought ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁first ▁spr inter ▁from ▁Canada ▁since ▁Per cy ▁Williams ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 8 ▁to ▁win ▁the ▁ 1 0 0 ▁metres ▁final ▁at ▁the ▁Summer ▁Olympics ▁in ▁Se oul , ▁lower ing ▁his ▁own ▁world ▁record ▁to ▁ 9 . 7 9 ▁seconds . ▁Johnson ▁would ▁later ▁remark ▁that ▁he ▁would ▁have ▁been