Mary Ormsby
@MaryOrmsbyAuthor “World’s Fastest Man* The Incredible Life of Ben Johnson”/Toronto Star journalist 35 years/OSU Buckeye/Scarborough kid/✍️
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My new book “World’s Fastest Man* The Incredible Life of Ben Johnson” is available for pre-order. Part biography, part cold case, it asks a big Q: Was Ben denied due process when stripped of his 1988 Olympic 100m gold? Have a read, you tell me. @sutherlandbooks @chaptersindigo
Exciting news! 📚 Announcing "World's Fastest Man" by Mary Ormsby, a revealing account of Ben Johnson's rise and fall during the 1988 Olympic 100m final. Pre-order at the link in bio! #Sportshistory #Benjohnson #Olympics #NewRelease #NonFiction
Thank you, Moira! 👊
Excited to see Ben Johnson racing along the Coles/@chaptersindigo shelf in the Toronto Beaches store. 🙏🏻 Sprinting, secrets, betrayals, Olympic scandal & long-forgotten IOC files are part of Ben’s wild story — & 🇨🇦 history too. @sutherlandbooks #WorldsFastestMan
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I’m done blessing America. I’m moving on to Canada. It’s less needy and has better poutine.
It'll get little attention in Canada, but this is an enormous day not only for Johnston, but for Canadian soccer. @footy_prime
Alistair Johnston will captain Celtic for the first time today 🇨🇦
"Nathan was the most amazing father.” Ten years ago today, Corporal Nathan Cirillo was killed while on sentry duty at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by the National War Memorial in Ottawa. #CanadaRemembers him. Visit his virtual war memorial: ow.ly/rPkT50TQIQx
"You walked me out of a minefield." — Canadian Korean War veteran Romeo Daley on how his life was saved, Watch Forgotten War, narrated by @spaikin, tonight at 8/11pm on The Agenda, in partnership with @canada_company | Producers: @ebombicino & Sean Foreman #TVOxCanadaCompany
It was so great meeting you, Dan. Loved the old time-y posters, too. Thank you for buying a book and caring about Ben’s story. 🙏🏻
Update to last night’s post: The proposal to integrate the @worldolympians into the @iocmedia was surprisingly defeated today by 53 votes to 43. Rare for Thomas Bach not to get his own way, especially when it’s an organisation he is the honorary President of and the IOC…
A landmark vote in Lausanne tomorrow could see the @worldolympians integrated into the @iocmedia The World Olympians Association was founded in 1995 following an initiative by the then IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch to establish an organisation open to any athletes who…
Wonderful memory, Doug. I bet Ben remembers the Cornwall buzz too! I’ll ask him. Thank you for this. 🙏🏻
Mary I can still remember the buzz around my former hometown of Cornwall On when Ben stopped by local gas station to fill up his beautiful black Ferrari Testarossa. Wishing you good luck and positive Vibes tomorrow
A landmark vote in Lausanne tomorrow could see the @worldolympians integrated into the @iocmedia The World Olympians Association was founded in 1995 following an initiative by the then IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch to establish an organisation open to any athletes who…
Today at 6 p.m. Say 👋to @BenJohnson979 and me at @IndigoEatonCtr Have your copy of the book signed by Mr. 9.79 himself — or just hang out and chat. It’ll be fun! 🤓@sutherlandbooks
Meet @MaryOrmsby , author of bestseller 'World's Fastest Man' and the fastest man Ben Johnson himself at 6pm at Indigo Eaton Centre tomorrow! Get your copy signed or just drop by for a chat, it's free!
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This is still the most memorable explosive 100m race I ever saw. They were probably all dopers at some point. Ben was unbelievable
Thank you for this opportunity, Denis. I enjoyed our conversation. 🙏🏻 📕@sutherlandbooks #WorldsFastestMan #9.79
If you would like to learn more about a neat book out by former journalist @MaryOrmsby about Ben Johnson tune into a recent podcast from The Sports Hub Network podomatic.com/podcasts/thesp…
Let’s have fun! Join me and Ben Johnson in person @IndigoEatonCtr Friday Oct. 11, 6 pm, sign WFM*, ask Qs about anything or just chat. Stop by, say hi!!👋 @sutherlandbooks @CFtoeatonCentre #booksigning #SeoulOlympics #9.79 #nonfiction
My heart. 🧡 This is why we search.
.@TanyaTalaga .@cblackst Nellie Ojeebah Mitchell's message about her brother Rene has been delivered to Beechwood Cemetery inOttawa. He went to Shingwauk at the age of 3 to 14. His family found his grave 64 years later this month in Sioux Lookout, 1,000 kilometres from home.
Here we are on that wonderful morning... Me, Ben and @MaryOrmsby
What an amazing experience it was having Ben in the basement to talk about EVERYTHING. youtube.com/watch?v=yNx-Ts…
OTD: Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson wins Olympic 100 metre gold in WR time - 9.79 seconds - at the 1988 Seoul Games. @sutherlandbooks
A few notes for tonight’s @AlgonquinPEM speaker series with award winning journalist & author @MaryOrmsby as she shares the incredible life story of Ben Johnson. Still time to join us. Register here: eventbrite.ca/e/worlds-faste…
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