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'I hated team sports': How Olympian Michael Johnson learned to be a leader

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Former Olympic sprinter Michael Johnson says he "hated team sports," referring to a period when he played football.

Johnson won his first world title at the 1991 athletics World Championships in Tokyo .

He went on to become the only male athlete to take Olympic gold at both 200 m and 400 m sprint events.

Johnson founded Grand Slam Track, a sports league that will hold its first event in Kingston , Jamaica , next month .

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