Lance Armstrong may admit to use of PEDs, doping, report states

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By Robert H Kelly
Copyright 2013 TexSport Publications

HOUSTON, TEXAS (January 5, 2013) It is being reported by the Houston Chronicle and ESPN.com that Lance Armstrong is considering making a statement related to his alleged use of performance-enhancing drugs.

The report cited anonymous sources and stated Armstrong may be considered admitting to the use of PEDs during his cycling career.

The Austin, Texas resident was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles last year as a result of the investigation by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency.

Armstrong won the Tour de Title every year from 1999 to 2005 and was competing in triathlons in 2012.

He returned to competing in triathlons, which was the sport of his youth, and road races after his retirement from cycling.

With his lifetime ban, he was also banned from competing in any sport which is a member of the U.S. and World Anti-Doping Agency.

This past spring, Armstrong competed in the Memorial HermannIronman 70.3 Texas triathlon in Galveston, finished in seventh place after leading well into the cycling leg.

A possible reason for the announcement, as was stated by sources quoted in both above cited articles, is Armstrong may want to get back into cycling and road racing.

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Beijing Olympics to Set New Standard for Anti-Doping Efforts

LAUSANNE SWITZERLAND (July 2, 2008) The International Olympic Committee (IOC) emphasised today that the anti-doping effort at the Beijing Summer Games will be more extensive than ever. More than 4,500 tests will be administered — 25 percent more than were conducted in the 2004 Games in Athens and 90 percent more than the number of tests in Sydney in 2000.

“At the International Olympic Committee, we are at the forefront of the effort to eradicate doping,” said IOC President Jacques Rogge. “Most athletes compete honestly and fairly,” said Rogge. “They treasure the Olympic experience. We owe it to these athletes — who train so hard — to ensure the Games are as free of prohibited drugs as possible.”

During the period of 27 July through 24 August, the IOC, in cooperation with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and Beijing Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (BOCOG), will test the competitors at any time and at any place. In a change of policy, athletes will be tested whether they are at an Olympic venue, the Olympic Village or a far-away training facility. All controls will be coordinated under the IOC, while WADA will conduct pre-competition controls during the Olympic period on Olympic athletes not in Olympic venues and BOCOG will conduct controls at the Olympic venues.

In a briefing with journalists, the Chairman of the IOC Medical Commission, Arne Ljungqvist, said the ability to detect doping is improving. “While it is to our advantage to not release all the details, enhanced testing will be administered in Beijing,” said Professor Ljungqvist. “You can expect continued efforts to detect human growth hormone (HGH) and EPO.”

The IOC has been engaged in the fight against doping for almost 50 years. The IOC began a list of banned substances following the 1960 Olympics in Rome, established the IOC Medical Commission and in 1999, founded WADA.


This year, those caught using a prohibited substance will face increased penalties. An athlete who tests positive will be denied the right to participate in the next Olympic Games. This ban will extend to those caught breaking the doping rules from 1 July 2008 and forward.