Lance Armstrong announced Thursday night that he would disregard a midnight deadline the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency had given him to challenge the results of USADA's two-year investigation of his legendary cycling teams, a probe that determined Armstrong used performance-enhancing drugs and blood transfusions.
“There comes a point in every man’s life when he has to say, ‘Enough is enough.’ For me, that time is now,
Armstrong said in a statement claiming he was a victim of a witch hunt. “The toll this has taken on my family, and my work for our foundation and on me leads me to where I am today — finished with this nonsense.”
I must admit I don't really "follow" bicycling as a sport, but what bothers me about this news is the fact that Lance Armstrong has been drug tested more than any other athele in history and he has never tested positive for "doping". I thought that in this country we were innocent until proven guilty. Lance has done so much over the years for cancer patients and survivors. My stance on this is that unless there is solid proof that he has done something wrong then he should not be stripped of his medals, but in the end he and God know what is true and nothing else really matters.
What are your thoughts on this? I am curious to see how many people believe that our country's standards of innocent until proven guilty still are true.
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