Lance Armstrong and His Not So Good News

          Lance Armstrong WAS one of the best cyclists ever to ride a bike. I say WAS one of the bests because he was recently stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and his bronze medal from the Olympics back from when he won in 2000. After years of denial, he finally came clean about his use of illegal drugs that helped him win everything. He admitted to using erythropoietin , testosterone, cortisone, human growth hormones, illegal blood transfusions, and other blood doping. Armstrong stated that he would not have been able to win any of his titles without his use of illegal drugs to better his performance. The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency released over 1,000 pages of evidence in doping allegations against Armstrong. He should have been caught a long time ago if they have that much evidence. 

          This sport will keep a close eye on the athletes from now on and prevent anything like this from happening ever again. Every athlete should be examined or drug tested for these enhancers because it is an unfair advantage that will eventually catch up to the user in the end just like Lance Armstrong. The idea is to preserve the integrity of the competition. Many athletes have given up the sport because they were not the best anymore and refused to use steroids and performance enhancement drugs. If people need drugs to make them better at a sport, then they should not be competing in that sport because clearly they are not good enough and they do not have any confidence in themselves to win and think they can win.