Episode 282 of “The Sports Experience Podcast” is here & we’re back saddling up on the bike discussing Lance Armstrong.
It was supposed to be the greatest comeback in the history of American sports. Lance Armstrong was supposed to provide inspiration to the American public after suffering through Stage Three testicular cancer, resuming his promising cycling career and returning to the Tour De France in 1999.
And guess what? Armstrong did exactly that. Armstrong not only won the 1999 Tour De France, he proceeded to win the next six in a row! He was a hero not only in America, but a hero throughout the world. He was a celebrity athlete who gave hope to the hopeless. Moreover, Armstrong’s charitable work focused on fighting cancer and cancer research was seen to make him an immortal hero.
Sadly, his cycling achievements were built on performance enhancing lies. Like so many in his sport, Armstrong used performance enhancing drugs to assist his success. When the lies began to unravel, the enemies he made along the way pounced on the opportunity to bring the truth to light.
A pariah to so many now, the fascinating rise and fall of Lance Armstrong remains one of the biggest scandals in 21st Century sports.
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