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    “There are no heroes… in life, only the monsters win”. To John Richardson this quote could not be anymore true. In Richardson’s article, The Afterlife, he writes about Lance Armstrong’s miraculous recovery from testicular cancer to winning the Tour de France seven consecutive years in a row, and becoming a hero to cancer patients around the world, to then becoming the greatest cheater of all time. No man has ever been looked up to so much by so many people and then despised by everyone until Lance

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    Should be legalised: Clean playing field/ Money costs/ Control and regulate safety standards/Cleaner Drug/ Athletes ahead of the game Imagine a playing field where everyone was equal and there was no need to worry about if your team mate wasn’t going to pass the up and coming drug test or if the pill you were given by your coach was going to fail you in the next doping test. If drugs were legalised in sport it would mean everyone would have the choice and option to take enhancing drugs to help them

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    skepticisms about his correlation with doping. Lance Armstrong was a glorified athlete who won many Tour de France titles after conquering testicular cancer. He was widely appreciated for cycling, but many people were questioning how he was able to make such a comeback after his cancer diagnosis. This book explores what happens from David Walsh’s point of view and the struggles he had to face as a Tour de France sports journalist: whether he should just celebrate Armstrong’s victories or question his usage

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    George Hincapie is a 17 time Tour de France veteran, holds several cycling records, and continues to inspire despite his recent retirement from the sport. He is a strong advocate for clean cycling and mentors young cyclist through his own program. He resides in Greenville, South Carolina, owns a small sportswear company and a bed in breakfast with his brother, and excels in business employing the same methods of success he used in athletics. His selflessness, morality, and work ethic exemplify how

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    the strongest teams that the history of cycling ever seen. Froome has dominated Tour de France in the modern era and he has now won this prestigious race three times. He has a lot of years left in his professional care and it is possible for him to in face even double his tally of overall victories. Here, we will discuss his dominance of the race by taking a look at the three races that he has won so far. Tour de France 2013 Froome had already finished second in the previous edition of the race and

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    in a race they will do something to hurt you. He learned later did do as often. He also learned that going super fast in the beginning will give you a decrease in oxygen. Later Lance started to listen to know how to bet other racer and win the Tour de France. Although when Lance was sadden when he found that his friend died during a race when going downhill and

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    Performance-Enhancing Drugs Lance Armstrong’s case of using a banned substance of performance-enhancing drugs during his cycling career was open for debate. Athletes choose performance-enhancing drugs even when suffering from injuries. There are reasons for its ban, and reasons for that are mainly the health risks of performance-enhancing drugs, the equality of opportunity for athletes, and the exemplary effect of drug-free sport for the public. Anti-doping authorities state that using

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    “The athletic and personal record of professional cyclist Lance Armstrong has made him an icon in modern-day sports. He won the tour de France a record seven consecutive times between 1999 and 2005” (Levinthal, C. 2014). Should sport authorities allow the use of performance-enhancing drugs (PED) in all professional sport? It is not unfair that one person won the tour de France seven consecutive times by doping? What about other participants? Personally, I believe that sport authorities should not allow

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    refers to it as doping, with many medical experts labeling it as drug abuse in athletes. Here are two of the biggest doping scandals in sports history. The Soiled Cycling Legacy of a Media Darling In 1995, Lance Armstrong raced in his first Tour de France. Of his own skill and talent, he managed to win one stage and earn a 36th place finish. One year later his personally life took a dramatic turn towards potential tragedy. Armstrong was diagnosed with testicular cancer.

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    win “Tour after Tour, and as he morphed into a mega brand” he began to get nationwide publicity (Hall). Throughout the years, Armstrong appeared on Wheaties boxes, twenty-four hour fitness gyms, and even the extremely popular Austin

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