Justin Gatlin swears he's not as bad as he's made out to be.
He calls his alter ego "J Gat." And that's someone you don't want to mess with.
Before a race, the mild-mannered American sprinter says he transforms himself into the feisty guy named "J Gat," a nickname he's given to a version of himself that wants to take over the world from archrival Usain Bolt. Their rivalry heading into the Rio de Janeiro Olympics has sometimes been portrayed as "Good vs. Evil" given Gatlin's doping history.
"I don't accept myself being the bad guy," Gatlin said.