Lance Admits to Doping

Lance Armstrong finally came clean about his use of performance enhancing drugs. He has denied such claims for over a decade. All of his Tour de France titles have already been stripped. He is also banned from bike racing for life. Clearly he has nothing left to loose. An interview with Oprah was confirmed today and will air over two nights beginning on Thursday. Oprah stated that “he did not come clean in the manner that I expected,” but refused to elaborate further.

Cheating is obviously wrong and that’s exactly what he did. He should, and is being punished for this. At the same time however, we shouldn’t just focus on the bad image of this icon. Lance in his prime, regardless of any performance enhancing drugs was a fantastic symbol of strength. He is a testament of overcoming cancer and his charity has raised millions of dollars to help those with cancer. No one else could have done what he did and I think that should also be recognized. Winning isn’t everything but neither is a silly bike race. Let’s look at the bigger picture.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/15/us/lance-armstrong-public-opinion/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

Oprah: Armstrong ‘did not come clean in the manner that I expected’