Wednesday January 9, 2013
Reports: Armstrong considering doping confession
NEW YORK: Cyclist who was stripped of seven Tour de France titles last year understood to be in talks with USADA, reported New York Times.
Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong has told associates he is considering publicly admitting that he used banned performance-enhancing drugs and blood transfusions during his cycling career, according to reports.
Armstrong, who was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles last autumn (video) after American doping officials produced a dossier that proved he used drugs and doping techniques throughout his career, was moving toward confessing and had even been in discussions with the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), according to the New York Times.
The cyclist, 41, met Travis Tygart, the agency’s chief executive, in an effort to mitigate the lifetime ban he received for playing a lead role in doping on his Tour-winning teams.
Tim Herman, Armstrong’s lawyer, told the paper: “Lance has to speak for himself on that.”
Armstrong is currently at the centre of several legal disputes over his doping. The Sunday Times is suing him for the repayment of a libel settlement the newspaper was forced to pay him over allegations.
He hopes to compete in triathlons and running events, but those competitions are sanctioned by organisations that adhere to the world anti-doping code, under which Armstrong received his lifetime ban. — Agencies
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