Saturday 29 June 2013

What a totally false and cynical attitude

Lance Armstrong is reported as saying to a reporter of Le Monde that there is no Tour de France win without  doping. Armstrong who won the race 7 consecutive times after fighting off cancer,  goes on to say " it is an endurance test where oxygen is a factor"  he continued " doping has always existed and always will"
What a terribly sad way of thinking of sport. Surely if everyone stays within the rules the strongest and best will win through. What is the point of a sport where the best " doper" will win, there would simply be no point. I used to admire the man but I no longer do.
Dear Val,
I'm not a Lance Armstrong fan, but what he said in Le Monde is that back when he was racing it was not possible to win without doping, he didn't say or mean now.  
Bruce and  Alisa
Val says  Thanks for that comment, still does not make it acceptable but glad he was not talking about " our Sir Bradley"
Val again Just went back to read the report on News 24 and I have reported it exactly as they have , so that's newspapers for you.
Alisa replies  
Dear Val (I'm now using Dear),
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Alisa

Dear Val,
I agree, it doesn't make it right...what he did wasn't just dope, he made everyone on his team dope or else they couldn't be on the team.  He also ruined many lives of others who challenged him.  As a cyclist it was known everyone doped, yes, even the great Lance.  What he did with his interview with Le Monde though is exactly what others had done when he was still racing (bringing up his possible doping) and he called them trolls.  Now he's the troll.
Alisa