Thread: Armstrong tells Oprah he doped
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Old 01-17-2013, 05:07 PM   #40
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Originally Posted by El Capitano Gatisto View Post
The Tour de France was around a long time before Lance Armstrong came along. What he and others have done is an enormous black eye for the sport, and continues to be. Lance Armstrong may have made it temporarily high profile in the US, but the US is surprisingly not the centre of the world and cycling is popular elsewhere.

He denied cheating for years and set out to ruin the livelihoods of people who tried to expose him. That is not any kind of triumph for humanity.

Nicola Cooke's statement on her retirement sums this up. Dope cheaters steal from people who compete cleanly, and what's more they often profit further from the profile involved with being a cheat.
While a sad story, the crucifixion of Lance Armstrong is quite ridiculous. He may have harmed his sport, but he has done more good with his fame than harm he did to the sport. The US is not the center of the world, but it is the primary focus of the world's attention. Being as how we are always at fault for the bad in the world and always responsible for fixing all the problems in the world.
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