Lance Armstrong faces doping charges

[God is an Englishman]

AUSTRALIA'S Olympic boss John Coates is hopeful that the International Olympic Committee's executive board will be able to strip disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong of his bronze medal from the Sydney Games when it meets in Lausanne next week.

Coates, a member of the IOC executive board, said Armstrong's case would be on the agenda, but the board would have to work around its eight-year statute of limitations on redistributing Olympic medals.

"I would hope we can deal with it because the evidence (against Armstrong) is overwhelming," Coates said.

He said he hoped the IOC's lawyers would be able to use the same approach that allowed the US Anti-Doping Agency and UCI to ban Armstrong from cycling for life, backdated to August 1998, and strip him of his seven Tour de France titles.

"USADA and the UCI went outside the eight-year limit on the basis that the statute doesn't apply if you have broken the law, so I imagine our lawyers will see if that also applies with us," Coates said.

I look forward to seeing his twitter photo with his medal

I look forward to seeing the proof of his failed test

I look forward to seeing the proof you're not a bank robber

[Chade]

AUSTRALIA'S Olympic boss John Coates is hopeful that the International Olympic Committee's executive board will be able to strip disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong of his bronze medal from the Sydney Games when it meets in Lausanne next week.

Coates, a member of the IOC executive board, said Armstrong's case would be on the agenda, but the board would have to work around its eight-year statute of limitations on redistributing Olympic medals.

"I would hope we can deal with it because the evidence (against Armstrong) is overwhelming," Coates said.

He said he hoped the IOC's lawyers would be able to use the same approach that allowed the US Anti-Doping Agency and UCI to ban Armstrong from cycling for life, backdated to August 1998, and strip him of his seven Tour de France titles.

"USADA and the UCI went outside the eight-year limit on the basis that the statute doesn't apply if you have broken the law, so I imagine our lawyers will see if that also applies with us," Coates said.

Coates is a rent-seeking tool.

Good at his job but.

[adam]

Sports Illustrated dubs Armstrong 'Anti-Sportsman of the Year'

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/sports- ... f-the-year

and Philip Hindes gets a mention for his dive.

[Chade]

Found my book when cleaning up: "Blood Sports", Robin Parisotto from the AIS drug testing lab. Clearly references the articles in L'Equipe that made the allegations, and why they could make the allegations:
http://velonews.competitor.com/2005/08/ ... -tour_8740

L’Equipe devoted four pages to its allegations, with the front-page headline “The Armstrong Lie.” The paper said that signs of EPO use were found in six urine samples submitted by the American during the 1999 race.

The governing body of world cycling did not begin using a urine test for EPO until 2001. For years, it had been impossible to detect the drug, called erythropoietin, which builds endurance by boosting the production of oxygen-rich red blood cells.

The tests on 1999 urine samples were done last year to help scientists improve their detection methods, the paper said.

L’Equipe said it matched urine samples from that Tour with medical statements signed by doctors, claiming that there were “characteristic, undeniable and consequent” signs of EPO in Armstrong’s urine tests.

Note, the tests weren't done by L'Equipe, and Parisotto basically vouches for the quality of the result in his book:

The newspaper said the tests were carried out by the national anti-doping laboratory in Châtenay-Malabry, where the urine test for EPO was originally developed.

I've also been reading David Walsh's book "Lanced: The shaming of Lance Armstrong", which is more like a set of journal entries from various times since May(ish) 1999, and it's not a pretty read. Before the 2002 TDF, the four fastest races in history were: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001. 1998 was the slowest - and this was obviously also the year of the Festina drug bust.

[adam]

well deserved...

[adam]

London: An independent commission set up to probe the International Cycling Union’s (UCI) handling of the Lance Armstrong doping scandal on Tuesday called for witnesses to get in touch.

The panel, headed by former England and Wales appeals court judge Philip Otton, will look into the allegations contained in the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) decision to charge Armstrong over the affair.

The commission also includes Britain’s multiple Paralympic champion Tanni Grey-Thompson, who sits in the House of Lords, and Australian lawyer Malcolm Holmes.

“Anyone with evidence which they believe to be relevant to the Terms of Reference should submit documents and/or a written summary of evidence they will be able to give to the Commission …” the UCI Independent Commission said in a statement.

“The Commission has written to some potential witnesses identified by it and is in the process of contacting others, but invites witnesses to contact the Commission direct.”

Witnesses have been given until the end of the year to submit evidence to the commission, with current and former UCI employees expected to provide documents to the panel by the end of January.

A hearing is scheduled to be held in London from April 9 to 26 next year, and the commission is expected to submit its report to the UCI by June 1.

Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and banned from the sport for life in October after the USADA produced evidence of widespread doping by him and his former team-mates.

[adam]

Lance Armstrong still under scrutiny

Lance Armstrong's legal woes are far from over on several fronts, including an ongoing investigation by the U.S. Postal Service, the longtime title sponsor for his cycling teams and once inextricably linked to his racing success.

A federal judge last week rejected months of arguments by attorneys for the dethroned former Tour de France winner and unsealed documents related to an investigation of possible doping-related contract fraud by the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General (OIG).

A subpoena issued to Armstrong in June 2011 by the OIG is among the documents now on public record. His legal team initially resisted compliance with the subpoena, and the U.S. Attorney's office in the District of Columbia entered the fray to enforce it. The two sides eventually reached an agreement for the requested materials to be supplied and stated that the requirements of the subpoena had been met. However, Armstrong's lawyers have continued to fight the release of any filings.

Last Thursday, U.S. Magistrate Judge Deborah A. Robinson ordered the documents released.

http://espn.go.com/sports/endurance/sto ... estigation

[adam]

Paris: Lance Armstrong has been notified by the UCI that he has been stripped of all the titles he won after July 1998 and the American has three weeks to appeal, a spokesman for cycling's world governing body said on Monday.

"Lance Armstrong's lawyer was notified on 6th December that all his results since 1st August 1998 were nullified. He has 21 days to appeal (from that date)," the International Cycling Union's Enrico Carpani told Reuters.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said this month it would wait for the UCI to notify Armstrong that his titles were being taken away and give him the right to appeal before stripping him of his 2000 Sydney Olympics bronze medal. "The IOC today will not move because we need to have the situation whereby the UCI notifies officially Mr Armstrong of the fact that he will be disqualified and declared ineligible and that he should hand over his medal," IOC President Jacques Rogge told reporters on December 5. "When he will be notified Mr Armstrong will have 21 days to launch an appeal. It is only after that period that the IOC can legally take action."

[Chade]

Haha, the IOC.

If there's one organisation competing with FIFA for corruption, it's them.

Looks pretty much over for Lance. There were a series of articles by Henrik Gout in the Adelaide Independent on how much "Ranny" spent on getting him to Adelaide... it would be interesting and depressing reading to find out exactly how much and what they did for him.

[bapa]

Haha, the IOC.

If there's one organisation competing with FIFA for corruption, it's them.

Looks pretty much over for Lance. There were a series of articles by Henrik Gout in the Adelaide Independent on how much "Ranny" spent on getting him to Adelaide... it would be interesting and depressing reading to find out exactly how much and what they did for him.

u mean, which one bent over>>>?

[Chade]

u mean, which one bent over>>>?

No, I don't.

[adam]

DOHA: Former Olympic swimming champion Ian Thorpe said on Wednesday he was "happy" at Lance Armstrong's downfall and congratulated the doping authorities that exposed the seven-time Tour de France winner as a drug cheat.

"I was happy. It shows that no matter who you are and whatever you do, you can fall," Thorpe said on the closing day of the Doha Goals sporting forum.
The Australian legend paid tribute to the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) and its president Travis Tygart who was at the heart of revealing Armstrong's systematic doping that helped him become the biggest name in the sport.

Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and banned from the sport for life in October after the USADA produced evidence of widespread doping by him and his former team-mates.

Tygart, also attending the conference in Doha, said: "The culture that reigns in the United States and elsewhere is one of the reasons that lead to doping."
"We have also uncovered doping in roller skating, a non-Olympic discipline that has been carrying out very sophisticated doping programmes that we have never seen before and was carried out by the fathers and coaches," he continued.
"The fight against doping is at the centre of our debates here in Doha."

Thorpe, once suspected of taking banned substances before being cleared, added: "It's right that we talk about the possibility of seeing changes introduced to our society across the world of sport. To see doping means that we have not yet managed to protect our people," said Thorpe.

The 2000 Olympic triple jump champion and world record holder Jonathan Edwards is also in attendance in Doha and offered his viewpoints on the subject.
"When people watch a competition, we do not know if it is fair and there is a great question over the credibility of the event. People need to believe in the athletes." added the double world champion.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/sport/swimming/ia ... z2EsOJcmUM

[adam]

Lance Armstrong resisted turning over records sought by US Postal Service investigators, then tried to keep the inquiry under seal and out of the public eye, according to recently released court documents.

Last year, Postal Service officials investigating Armstrong and his teams for doping wanted records from his team management groups, financial statements, training journals and correspondence with former training consultant Michele Ferrari.

Armstrong eventually complied with the subpoena, but as recently as October was still asking the courts to keep the inquiry private. "They've been given everything they wanted and that they asked for ... months ago," Armstrong's lawyer, Tim Herman, said this week.

The Postal Service was Armstrong's main sponsor when he won the Tour de France from 1999-2004. The team were sponsored by the Discovery Channel for Armstrong's seventh victory in 2005. Armstrong was stripped of those titles this year.

Last week, US federal judge Deborah Robinson in Washington ordered the subpoena and Armstrong's efforts to keep it private released to the public.

The judge rejected Armstrong's arguments that releasing the subpoena would violate the secrecy of the grand jury process or a pending whistleblower lawsuit filed against Armstrong by former teammate Floyd Landis.

But the federal court's online case tracking system was yesterday again showing the case as sealed from public view.

The documents Robinson had ordered released had been available online for several hours earlier in the day.

[adam]

merry christmas Lance

ARMSTRONG SUED FOR $1.4M

Lance Armstrong's problems aren't going to go away any time soon.

The disgraced former cyclist is being sued for more than $US1.5 million ($A1.44 million) by British newspaper The Sunday Times, which lost a libel action for publishing doping allegations against him.

The Sunday Times paid Armstrong 300,000 pounds ($A470,000) in 2006 to settle a case after it reprinted claims from a book in 2004 that he took performance-enhancing drugs.

[adam]

oh dear...

LANCE Armstrong will be grilled by Oprah Winfrey in his first public interview since he was stripped of his Tour de France titles in disgrace.

Amid speculation that Armstrong may confess in the near future in an attempt to compete again, the US talk show host has announced a "no holds barred" interview, which will air in the US in a 90-minute episode of Oprah's Next Chapter on Thursday, January 17.

[DOC]

All I asked for was undeniable proof, this may finally be it

[God is an Englishman]

DOHA: Former Olympic swimming champion Ian Thorpe said on Wednesday he was "happy" at Lance Armstrong's downfall and congratulated the doping authorities that exposed the seven-time Tour de France winner as a drug cheat.

Didn't thorpe do something armstrong didn't = produce a positive test?

[Chade]

LANCE Armstrong will be grilled by Oprah Winfrey in his first public interview since he was stripped of his Tour de France titles in disgrace.

Amid speculation that Armstrong may confess in the near future in an attempt to compete again, the US talk show host has announced a "no holds barred" interview, which will air in the US in a 90-minute episode of Oprah's Next Chapter on Thursday, January 17.

lol, "grilled" by Oprah? I'm sure....

DOHA: Former Olympic swimming champion Ian Thorpe said on Wednesday he was "happy" at Lance Armstrong's downfall and congratulated the doping authorities that exposed the seven-time Tour de France winner as a drug cheat.

Didn't thorpe do something armstrong didn't = produce a positive test?

Do you have any actual reference for this? Surely a man with your skills should be able to find one in a maximum of 5 minutes.

[adam]

Bingo game for Oprah's Lance Armstrong interview will help you enhance your viewing performance

[God is an Englishman]

Didn't thorpe do something armstrong didn't = produce a positive test?

Do you have any actual reference for this? Surely a man with your skills should be able to find one in a maximum of 5 minutes.

You may not have noticed but there is a question mark at the end of my comment. Please feel free to ask if you don't understand what that means.

[Armageddon]

DOHA: Former Olympic swimming champion Ian Thorpe said on Wednesday he was "happy" at Lance Armstrong's downfall and congratulated the doping authorities that exposed the seven-time Tour de France winner as a drug cheat.

Didn't thorpe do something armstrong didn't = gave fellatio to another man....

[Chade]

Didn't thorpe do something armstrong didn't = produce a positive test?

Do you have any actual reference for this? Surely a man with your skills should be able to find one in a maximum of 5 minutes.

You may not have noticed but there is a question mark at the end of my comment. Please feel free to ask if you don't understand what that means.

So childish.

[God is an Englishman]

You may not have noticed but there is a question mark at the end of my comment. Please feel free to ask if you don't understand what that means.

So childish.

don't blame me for you inadequacies

[Wraith]

DOC on the money again.

LOL.

[Chade]

It'll be interesting to see what exactly he admits to - considering the legal action by several news organisation who were forced to pay him for what were (in the end) true claims of his doping...

[Wraith]

Reports coming through that he has admitted to taking performance enhancing drugs.

[ruud]

yep he admitted it

[DOC]

what are you on about wraith? I asked for a positive test, i never defended him

[Chade]

what are you on about wraith? I asked for a positive test, i never defended him

And you were told about 3 of them, with references...

[God is an Englishman]

what are you on about wraith? I asked for a positive test, i never defended him

And you were told about 3 of them, with references...

where?

wasn't he just given someone saying it had happened?