Lance Armstrong

This year I studied four texts, two of which were autobiographies, and the other two were documentaries. The texts are “It’s not about the bike” written by Lance Armstrong with Sally Jenkins, “Open an Autobiography” written by Andre Agassi, “Kevin’s Sentence” presented by Bob Carty from the Canadian broadcasting company and “Over the edge” presented by Linden Macintyre from Canada’s Fifth Estate programme. All four of these texts share the significant theme of overcoming adversity which can…

On January seventeenth and eighteenth of the year two thousand and fifteen, thousands of Americans tuned in to OWN (Oprah Interview Network) to watch the Lance Armstrong’s interview with Oprah Winfrey. The ninety minute interview was done in Mr. Armstrong’s home located in Austin, Texas. Winfrey conducted this interview with Armstrong to address the public U.S. reports of him using banned substances during his professional cyclist career. For years he denied the fact of ever using any type of…

online story titled “Police: Lance Armstrong Given 2 Traffic Tickets After Hit-And-Run Accidents.” The news article states that former professional cyclist, Lance Armstrong, was issued the tickets for hitting two parked cars and then leaving the scene with his girlfriend, Anna Hansen. It appears that on the night of December 29th,2014 Armstrong’s SUV was involved in the accident and when the couple was first questioned Ms. Hansen said she was driving because “Lance had a little bit to drink”.…

athletes such as cyclists to accelerate recovery. After these major turning points in the history of PED use in cycling, numerous deaths and positives tests would follow. This included the PED cases of Marco Pantani, Giro d’Italia, Tour de France, Lance Armstrong and Alberto Contador (Esteban, 2012). The historical overview of cyclists’ use of PEDs clearly highlights the many flaws in the governing of the sport and suggests that major actions are needed to make cycling a more fair and safe…

in a victory for the Greeks. Fast forward to 1999 when cyclist Lance Armstrong began his career, not only in cycling but also in drugs. The illegal drugs, PEDs, were used to give Armstrong an edge in his cycling career, despite getting caught in 2012. Some may wonder where this could possibly be going- these two worlds couldn’t possibly be related, could they? Turns out, when digging deeper, finding similarities between Lance Armstrong and numerous characters from the Trojan Horse, specifically…

athletic shoes, but eventually expanding to sell clothing and gear to athletes and non-athletes alike. Nike campaigns to reach its wide-ranged audience by sponsoring globally eminent athletes such as Lance Armstrong. Despite that cyclist are in the minority in sports, the campaigns involving Lance Armstrong have been persuasive, proving that though a viewer may not have direct athletic kinship to a celebrity endorser, he may still be immensely persuaded by the celebrity’s advertisement. This…

Question 1 The upcoming 2018 Tour De France race will be the 105th anniversary of the race and will begin on July 7, concluding on July 29. Throughout the race there will be 21 stages, where riders will have to face six mountain stages, three of six will be summit finishes, one independant time trial, one team trial and eight flat routes. All of the 21 stages total up to a staggering 3229 km, meaning preparation, training and nutritional requirements are key components if a cyclist is set on…

Performance-enhancing drug regulation and law, a crucial matter involving twenty-first-century sports analyzers and health experts, sparked a national dispute. Henceforward the Ancient Greeks held the first Olympic Games, performance-enhancing drugs destroyed the values of professional sports; ethics, respect, fair play, and honesty (Lavin 6). The legalization of performance-enhancing drugs will negatively influence an athlete's life. Performance-enhancing drugs jeopardize the health of users.…

Niam Edralin per 7 Sports: Strength, Success, and Then There are Steroids Imagine your favorite athlete winning gold in the Olympics but only because they cheated by using steroids. What a horrible way to win! Steroids are ruining the fun and pride in all sports. I personally believe that steroids are just abolishing all athletes’ hard work. First of all, the use of steroids is simply unfair. Additionally, the user of steroids will have to pay fines for…

The notorious seven time tour de France winner Lance Armstrong who doped throughout his seven wins in cycling’s most notable and prestigious event admitted that if he could start his cycling career over again he would still dope (reference 1). Possibly the biggest case of doping in not only the sport of cycling but world sport he had repeatedly said during his career that he did not take performance enhancing drugs but one of his most famous quotes that makes him look foolish now is “I have…