Lance Armstrong Stereotypes Involved In The World Of Cheating Sports

In the world of cheating sports there are many different views of what's right, wrong and just out right unexceptable. Sports are very competitive by nature so many athletes choose to use whatever means necessary to be better than the next guy. Some think that it's just the nature of the game, but others think that it's a disgrace to the world of sports. Lance Armstrong is a great example of this, he used performance enhancing drugs to quickly make him the best pro-cycler in the world. He has won numerous medals and awards, outside of cycling he is a more than respectable person, he has personally funded numerous cancer studies, donated to charities and bettered the lives of many in the world. After all of this that he has done, should
The world was stunned when he came clean, “His admission that for years he took a suite of supposedly performance-enhancing drugs”(Daily Mail). No one saw it coming, hence why the world was in shock, after almost a full 48 hours, Lance was stripped of his 7 Tour De France medals. Was this the right thing to do? Even with the performance enhancing drugs, completing the race was no easy task. Many believe that the medals should be returned. After years of research “prolonged campaign of abuse was pointless”(Daily Mail), scientists realized that the main drug lance was taking (epo) has no long term advantages. This raises the thinking that what he was using gave him no physical advantage at all. Others say that it doesn't matter, he was willing to use drugs to win and that's all that matter, he's a cheater. In life cheating or taking the easy way out may be quicker and require less work but it's rarely the right thing to
For years he hid his habits from his family, friends, and fans. He never had any intention in stopping or telling anyone until his teammate took it public. His teammate and friend helped bring out the problem, “The same day he denies allegations of doping made by former team-mate Floyd Landis”(Timeline News). This goes to show that he is not a genuine person if he's willing to take cheating that far. He lied for many years and it wasn't just a one time occurance, he was asked repeatedly time and time again. He has proven to everyone that he cannot be trusted, and because he did that, he should never be allowed to race again. Not until “In an interview with Oprah Winfrey, Armstrong admits to using banned performance-enhancing drugs(Timeline News). Finally after many years, Lance was put between a rock and a hard place when being interviewed on the popular tv show, Oprah Winfrey. He then proceeded to tell the truth for the first time in his life, everyone knew what he was going to say before he did. Nevertheless it was still needed for him to say it outright to the public. It just shouldn't have taken this long to