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Armstrong Drops Fight Against Doping Charges [1]

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The New York Times
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Published: August 23, 2012

 

 

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Lance Armstrong at the Tour de France in Wanze, Belgium, in 2010

After more than a decade of outrunning accusations that he had doped during his celebrated cycling career, Lance Armstrong [3], one of the best known and most accomplished athletes in recent history, surrendered on Thursday, ending his fight against charges that he used performance-enhancing drugs.

Armstrong, who won the Tour de France [4] an unprecedented seven straight times, said that he would not continue to contest the charges levied against him by the United States Anti-Doping Agency [5], which claimed that he doped and was one of the ringleaders of systematic doping on his Tour-winning teams.

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