Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Livestrong, or Lie Strong?

Lance Armstrong...A well respected athlete, a winner, a hero for many. Years of built up admiration all came crashing down when the news broke that he had doped for years. Armstrong had won the Tour de France seven consecutive times between 1999 and 2005. As if that weren't impressive enough, we flash back a few years when Armstrong was not only diagnosed with cancer, but a surviver, a fighter, a resilient person who didn't give up. Armstrong who was well known for his foundation 'Livestrong' who inspired so many people is now being questioned. How do you feel about what happened? Do you feel scammed? Lied to? Did you have a false hero? So many emotions, and so many consequences will come as a result of this scandal. When something sounds too good to be true, (in example: a person who just beat cancer beat the top athletes in the world SEVEN times in a row)...then it probably is.

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