Here it is Folks: All 202 pages of the USADA investigation into Lance Armstrong's doping programme.
I have never read any of his books, or supported any of his causes and for one good reason: I have never believed his story. I just could not believe that a man who had lost a testicle to cancer, and consequently undergone chemotherapy, could produce levels of testosterone that were at the highest levels of "normal". I decided I would side with those on his team who came clean early on. People like New Zealand's Stephen Swart, son of my sister's friend from long ago, Gail Swart. A family with morals, if there ever was one.
While there are now more than 15 others who have blown the whistle on Armstrong Inc, most of these people confessed late in the peace - many after the fact. Good on them! However, we should be saving our strongest accolades to the early whistle-blowers who did so, not under duress, but out of a sense of moral duty. In so doing, the consequence for them was being ostracised by the sport they loved so much. Meanwhile, many of those who remained quiet became exceptionally wealthy.
Reasoned Decision
I have never read any of his books, or supported any of his causes and for one good reason: I have never believed his story. I just could not believe that a man who had lost a testicle to cancer, and consequently undergone chemotherapy, could produce levels of testosterone that were at the highest levels of "normal". I decided I would side with those on his team who came clean early on. People like New Zealand's Stephen Swart, son of my sister's friend from long ago, Gail Swart. A family with morals, if there ever was one.
While there are now more than 15 others who have blown the whistle on Armstrong Inc, most of these people confessed late in the peace - many after the fact. Good on them! However, we should be saving our strongest accolades to the early whistle-blowers who did so, not under duress, but out of a sense of moral duty. In so doing, the consequence for them was being ostracised by the sport they loved so much. Meanwhile, many of those who remained quiet became exceptionally wealthy.
Stephen Swart, you are a hero! Here's a good interview with Stephen Swart: http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-sports/7805732/Swart-vindicated-by-Armstrong-report
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This is making my week! - I wrote "Tour de Drugs" back in Aug 98
http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/hg/cycleservices.htm
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