How Is Lance Armstrong A Good Role Model

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Lance Edward Armstrong, a former American professional road racing cyclist, is a negative role model. He was the 1993 Elite Men’s World Champion in Road Race and had for seven consecutive times worn the Tour de France since 1999. His personality influenced many teens who wanted to achieve their dreams. However, Armstrong was a negative role model because he admitted to doping and using steroid for most of his career. Almost all of his success came from using drugs that gave him extra energy, which made him win the races. But there are important moral lessons that we learn from the personnel of that celebrity. Armstrong played a major role in fighting cancer. It is evident that cancer is a very deadly disease in the United States of America.

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