Lance Armstrong Confesses Lance Armstrong is an American road-racing cyclist; Lance has won the tour de France a record breaking 7 consecutive times. Armstrong met Kristin Richard in June 1997. They married in May 1 1998 and had three children‚ Luke David and twins Isabelle Rose and Grace Elisabeth. The couple later filed for divorce Born on September 18‚ 1971‚ in Plano‚ Texas‚ his mother‚ Linda‚ in the suburbs of Dallas‚ Texas‚ raised Lance Armstrong; Armstrong was athletic from an early
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How have you been positioned to respond to Lance Armstrong’s values and/or attitudes and include wider reading. Autobiographical texts convey a biased sense of reality and this is strongly influenced by the cultural background and life experience of the particular person conveying this view of reality. These texts can also identify a person’s values and attitudes. In the autobiographical text‚ It’s Not about the Bike by Sally Jenkins and Lance Armstrong gives us insight to Lance’s personal life
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Lance Armstrong has lived a very interesting life. Armstrong has had a lot of accomplishments throughout his lifetime. He has also had some rough times‚ but he made it through all of them. He is still living and is enjoying life. Armstrong had a memorable childhood. He was born on September 18‚ 1971 in Plano‚ Texas. He was named after a Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Lance Rentzel. His mother is Linda Armstrong Kelly and his biological father is Eddie Gunderson. Eddie left Linda and Lance when
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Jack Page Per 2 10/24/12 Should Lance Armstrong be this harshly punished for doping during his career? No‚ the consequences brought upon Armstrong are completley inappropriate. The actions taken against him undergone by Travis Tygart and USADA are over the top. The fact that Lance doped is undeniable‚ he did it‚ but so did every other Tour de France contender and their teammates. Why should the man who won against other dopers have his life ruined? Why should a man who has helped millions
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Lance Armstrong’s confession to Oprah that he had doped during the Tour de France stunned the world: why would the seven-time winner of cycling’s highest title cheat so shockingly? But Armstrong is merely the most recent in a long history of cheating in cycling. It is the demands of the public‚ both with regards to role models and to national pride‚ which drives many cyclists‚ both past and present‚ to cheat in order to win‚ so as to satisfy these demands. Cheating has a long history in cycling.
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I. Intro A- Lance Armstrong B- Background 1) By the age of 16 Lance Armstrong was already a professional athlete. 2) During the time when Lance was diagnosed with cancer Lance created the Lance Armstrong Foundation. 3) Lance Armstrong became the national rookie of the year at the age of 16. 4) Instead of attacking Lance’s brain tumors with radiation‚ which can affect the sense of balance‚ he chose to undergo surgery. C- Lance Armstrong should be inducted into the Hall of Fame because of his
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Lance Armstrong His life has lead thousands to feel the desire to progress and to achieve excellence. Everyone knows of the struggles and trials that Lance Armstrong went through to overcome cancer and to return and win the Tour De France. He has now won the Tour de France six times. He has had a remarkable comeback‚ and it is a remarkable story. As I learned of his trials and read about his life I was amazed at what he had to endure and at the examples that he had in his life. It was a book
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Should Lance Armstrong be prohibited from participating in International Sports? Nike Tolentino Lance Armstrong was not only a renowned cyclist but he was considered one of the all time greats in sport. That was until he was found to have used performance enhancing drugs during his career as a professional cyclist. Lance received a life ban and this has caused controversy because some believe that the penalty is too harsh? I am in the opinion that the penalty Lance received is justified and
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Lance Armstrong was no stranger to the Tour de France‚ being a seven time winner of this distinguished international cycling competition. Although on the 17th and 18th of January after two interviews with Lance were telecast around the world‚ it became apparent that he was also no stranger to taking performance enhancing substances. In the second interview Lance did not say that he thought his lifetime suspension from all competition was ‘unfair’ although he did mention that he thought his penalties
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wrong I analyze what went wrong and caused my situation to fail. I have learned to win the smaller battles of life in hopes that I will be ready to win the bigger battle that life will send my way. Rollo May state‚ “If you do not express your own original ideas‚ if you do not listen to your own being‚ you will have betrayed yourself” (Cashman 2008 p 113). I am a very optimistic person and I know that things will pass. I never dwell on the past but always look at it to brighten my present for
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