Thursday, 11 October 2012

Armstrong doping?

Lance Armstrong and doping, two words you would never put in a sentence before now. The seven time Tour de France winner has come under scrutiny after the US anti-doping agency accused Armstrong and his former US postal team of running "the most sophisticated, professionalized and successful doping programme that sport has ever seen". 11 of Armstrong’s former team mates have given evidence against the double cancer survivor, saying that he took banned substances and enforced a doping culture within the team. Armstrong has been an inspiration to so many, beating cancer twice as well as winning the Tour de France seven times. All of that seems to count for nothing when you hear all of this. There is however no proof that any of this is actually true but with 6 of his former team mates admitting to doping and being suspended for 6 months, this doesn’t do well for his case. Livestrong the cancer charity that Armstrong started have distanced themselves from the American saying that he is no longer a part of the organization to avoid bad press, shouldn’t they stand behind them like he stood behind them all this time cause they wouldn’t be where they are without him.
Having written numerous books inspiring millions with his story the 7 time Tour winner will come under heavy fire from all sides, especially from fans who believed him to be the greatest cyclist of all time. These stories of triumph and victory seem however to be a bunch of elaborate lies. Winning at all costs seems to be the name of the game in professional sport these days and then tell stories about how you cheated to inspire millions. Whether they will decide to strip Armstrong of his 7 titles is still undecided, all I know is that he will go from being the greatest cyclist of all time to being a lying phony in 0.2 seconds. All the good work he did for cancer will count for nill as his credibility is worthless. Very disappointing but I guess not everything is as it seems. We will find out what will happens in the coming days and personally am very interested to see how he responds.   

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1 comment:

blackguitar said...

i think they should take back all of his titles