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Lance Armstrong Olympian Soon Stripped of 7 Tour Titles

 

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Lance Armstrong, Olympian and 7-time Tour de France champion.

Lance Armstrong world class athlete and Olympic-kinetic phenom sent shockwaves through the social media info-sphere August with a staggering statement. The Olympic legend released statement he has ceased challenging allegations of drug-enhanced sports performance. The announcement queued, followed by ripples of dismay through Internet channels, hitting social media networks nearing light-speed. The historic 7-time Olympian is scheduled to have all medals won in Olympics games and in competitions stripped from his long heralded record in achievements.

The health and wellness mind behind the Lance Armstrong LiveStrong organization and cancer survivor has lived under scrutiny from the USADA, under a haze of doping rumor. The United States Anti-Doping Agency received valuation of its allegations toward the sports legend, when the star announced he would end proclaiming his drug-free stance Thursday, August, 23.

Sustaining a drug clear status with the United States Department of Justice previously, the sports figure has been thrust into the center of a detractor microcosm with the star’s recent decision.

“I refuse to participate in a process that is so one-sided and unfair,” the star has stated.

The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency released statement it will “strip” all of Armstrong’s 7 Tour de France titles, with more on the USADA schedule.

Chief Executive Travis Tygart of the USADA stated Olympian Armstrong will receive a ban on his competitive achievement Friday, August, 24, 2012. Precepts to be upheld from the World Anti-Doping Code may bridge to Armstrong with obligation to return additional titles, awards, and possible earnings of cash awards won while under review by the International Olympic Committee. The IOC maintains stringent policy with sports participants and doping and has announced publicly it will remove medal awards from Olympians [insert URL] who follow the activity.

WADA President John Fahey said following Armstrong’s announcement, “He had a right to contest the charges. He chose not to. The simple fact is that his refusal to examine the evidence means the charges had substance in them.”

Earlier at the 30th Games of the Olympiad held in London, United Kingdom, the International Olympic Committee extended its disapproval of other event transpires in the guise of broadcast coverage. The IOC disapproved all network and Internet airing of the 2012 Olympic Games in favor of “live” scheduled air, independent of public dissatisfaction in sentiment.

Social media network channels shared developments of the IOC opening ceremonies and first hours of Olympic coverage in micro messages, images, and shared Net coverage. Social media discourse opened public sectors to grievances and news reporting on global scale.

Social media opened in spectrum Friday following Armstrong and his decline to continue arbitration with the USDA, citing an endless pursuit by the entity. Arbitration remained the star’s final fate accompli against continual accusations; however Armstrong has stated litany of drug testing was completed numbering in hundreds. Each test was passed during the star’s win of Tour titles spanning 1999 through 2005, a period where the star was found innocent of any questionable performance. The USADA perusal of Armstrong described as “unconstitutional,” and a “witch hunt” by the athlete.

The star reached social media interaction tallying an average of five posts per half minute Thursday, queuing to greater than 4,000 Likes in one half hour on Facebook, supporting his outstanding accomplishments.

“There comes a point in every man’s life when he has to say, ‘Enough is enough.’ For me, that time is now,” Armstrong stated.  ”I have been dealing with claims that I cheated and had an unfair advantage in winning my seven Tours since 1999,” he said. “The toll this has taken on my family and my work for our foundation and on me leads me to where I am today — finished with this nonsense.”

The USDA pronounced Armstrong accessed substances banned from usage predating to 1996. The USADA has stated EPO, a blood booster, and blood transfusions and steroids were included in the sports figure’s history and led to his performance successes.

The International Cycling Union, a supporter of the athlete during his fight against the USADA in legal dispute, maintains ability to add to the USADA’s challenges, at the international Court of Arbitration for Sport with action.

Tygart, trending alongside the USADA at Twitter remarked publicly, “It is a sad day for all of us who love sport and athletes. It’s a heartbreaking example of win at all costs overtaking the fair and safe option. There’s no success in cheating to win.”

Armstrong maintains alternate position, transparency the sole truism.

“USADA cannot assert control of a professional international sport and attempt to strip my seven Tour de France titles. I know who won those seven Tours, my teammates know who won those seven Tours, and everyone I competed against knows who won those seven Tours,” Armstrong countered.

Armstrong, 40, waved adieu to cycling 2011, separate from federal investigation for similar questions addressed by the USADA.

“Today I turn the page. I will no longer address this issue, regardless of the circumstances,” Armstrong concluded. “I will commit myself to the work I began before ever winning a single Tour de France title: serving people and families affected by cancer, especially those in underserved communities.

“Going forward, I am going to devote myself to raising my five beautiful (and energetic) kids, fighting cancer, and attempting to be the fittest 40-year old on the planet.”

 


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