Lance Armstrong confessed to Oprah Winfrey just a few days ago that he had taken steroids despite his continuous denial of taking them. If he never admitted his cheating, you could look on Armstrong’s personal website and still think he was telling the truth for all these years.
According to Armstrong’s bio, he is still branded as “one of the most recognizable and admired people of this era.” Is he now admired for telling the truth about his PED use? But wait, he’s been denying it for a long time, so scratch that.
Here’s the full three paragraph bio:
If scripted by Hollywood, the story would be dismissed as trite melodrama: A deadly disease strikes a promising athlete. Despite desperately thin odds, he manages not only to beat the affliction but also to return to the sport and win its top prize, not once but a record seven times. Unbelievable, except it’s true.
But the story doesn’t end on the finish line at the Tour de France. His experience made him a part of a cancer community, ...
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Alright, alright, alright T…
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