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| Thread ID: 125696 | 2012-07-13 09:17:00 | lance armstrong - dope ? | globe (11482) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 1288333 | 2012-07-13 23:43:00 | Read his Bio. He certainly believes this is the case. I really hope the guy is clean, he's a legend and in my view the greatest sportsman ever after Kelly Slater (that'd be an interesting debate, maybe one for a separate thread) I hope he's clean as well. Simply because he's a role model for a lot of people, beating cancer, doing that well in cycling. Be a shame if he was on drugs at the time. |
Nick G (16709) | ||
| 1288334 | 2012-07-14 00:21:00 | Athletes are just a form of warped reality to me. I agree, but the mass's seem to need them. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 1288335 | 2012-07-14 01:03:00 | Interesting table here en.wikipedia.org Shows 11 winners tested positive or admission of use of doping, of the 13 others 4 tested positive but were never sanctioned - including armstrong. Big issue seems to be that there are so many blurry edges to what is and isnt legal and how and when things can be used. For example Armstrong tested positive for an ingredient in a cream used for a saddle sore. |
globe (11482) | ||
| 1288336 | 2012-08-24 21:38:00 | it appears he may have been...shame | globe (11482) | ||
| 1288337 | 2012-08-24 22:18:00 | It's the USADA who have "stripped him of the TdF titles'. However I don't believe that they have the authority to do that. I believe that the UCI are the only ones with the ability to to that. They still haven't been able to produce any hard evidence - just hearsay from other riders who may have some ulterior motive for shifting the focus of any investigation from them... In most court cases, hearsay is disallowed. The lifetime ban is a joke - the man has retired. |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 1288338 | 2012-08-24 23:06:00 | What he did is refuse to pursue the legal side of the claims, and like nolo-contendere, it's a slam dunk that he has decided he can't win the lawsuit. It's automatic if a defendant stops his litigation defense - guilty as charged. It has been recently found that the Special olympics - the people with handicaps - have been cheating too. They take a hammer and smash a toe or put torsion on their testicles to heighten their athletic abilities. The judges said they are now watching for it. I wouldn't want to be a judge for that though. Looks like all the sports 'heroes' are cheaters. I blame the sports institutions for this. |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1288339 | 2012-08-25 01:14:00 | Looks like all the sports 'heroes' are cheaters. I blame the sports institutions for this. I blame the participants. Think of a mind that will break a toe so as to cheat another. And they say sport is good for you. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 1288340 | 2012-08-25 02:00:00 | Common Cic ---- it's the money and national prestige. | SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1288341 | 2012-08-25 02:03:00 | Looks like all the (american and communist) sports 'heroes' are cheaters. I blame the sports institutions for this. Kiwis and Skippies ain't cheating, And we (kiwis that is) have plenty of real sporting "heroes". |
Metla (12) | ||
| 1288342 | 2012-08-25 02:26:00 | What he did is refuse to pursue the legal side of the claims, and like nolo-contendere, it's a slam dunk that he has decided he can't win the lawsuit . It's automatic if a defendant stops his litigation defense - guilty as charged . . But how many millions $$ would it have cost him to continue thru the legal system in the US, The US antidoping agency most likely has a bottomless pit of funds . . As others have said he's never had a positive drug test . It seems to be a case of he said she said with this case . |
paulw (1826) | ||
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