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Carl Lewis waits for the start of a news conference in Heritage Hall at the University of Southern California Tuesday, April 22, 2003, in Los Angeles. Lewis was on hand for the news conference previewing the upcoming USC-UCLA track dual meet and to promote a charity of his. Lewis has dismissed a demand by the manager of former Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson to give back his 1988 Olympic gold medal in the 100 meters, saying it was unrealistic. Johnson's manager and attorney, Morris Chrobotek, told the Sydney Morning Herald last week that he plans legal action in response to documents purporting to show that Lewis and other U.S. athletes were allowed to compete at the 1988 Seoul Olympics after failing drug tests. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/The Orange County Register, H. Lorren Au Jr.)