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U.S. Olympian Carl Lewis, center, speaks as fellow Olympians Mike Powell, left, and Willie Banks listen during a press conference in Tokyo on Monday. The trio discussed their participation in Sunday's Tohoku Sports Summit, a campaign to support some 70 young Japanese athletes from the disaster-hit Tohoku area. The stars spent three hours with young athletes. In the photo below, Lewis stands in the spot where he won the 100-meter final and set a new world record at the 3rd World Track and Field Championships in 1991 as he poses for photos with a poster promoting Tokyo's bid to host the 2020 Olympic Games at the National Stadium in Tokyo.

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Carl Lewis does not receive the attention he deserves. What a trio!

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Thank you!

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Good on them!

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I remember that the Japanese absolutely loved Carl Lewis in the early 80's !

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Carl was just bitter because he knew Ben was a roid head.

Carl Lewis is still a classy dude in my book. He's aging well, too.

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I was a massive Carl Lewis fan as a kid. Sure - there were those drug allegations against him from before the 84 LA Games - but he was never found guilty. One of the greatest Olympians of all time, IMO. Good on him for coming, as well as the others.

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Carl Lewis' name has become tantamount to 'joke'. Mr. "Everyone is a druggie but me!" didn't fair very well when American druggies like Armstrong Lewis is only one rung up the disgrace ladder. The beauty of all this is that it's going to point out his drug abuse! And he STILL lost!

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He's a wonderful athlete, but here he looks like all the Batman villains rolled into one...

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