Lance Armstrong Doping Scandal: Disgraced Biker Returns Olympic Medal
Just a week after Lance Armstrong was ordered by a judge to spill out the details of his performance enhancing drug use, the cyclist sent out a tweet saying that his bronze medal from the 2000 Olympics is "back in possession of" U.S. Olympic officials and that it would be back in Switzerland "asap."
The International Olympic Committee asked Armstrong to return the medal on the same day Oprah conducted a sit-down interview with him last January. During the interview, Armstrong took responsibility for the cheating that took place over the course of his career.
"This is too late, it's too late for probably most people. And that's my fault," he said. "[This was] one big lie, that I repeated a lot of times."
"The truth isn't what was out there," he said in the interview last January. "The truth isn't what I said, and now it's gone - this story was so perfect for so long. And I mean that, as I try to take myself out of the situation and I look at it. You overcome the disease, you win the Tour de France seven times. You have a happy marriage, you have children. I mean, it's just this mythic perfect story, and it wasn't true."
Armstrong continues to face the backlash following his admittance to using the drugs. The lawsuit from last week stems from bonuses paid to Armstrong by Acceptance Insurance Holding. The insurance company is accusing him of conspiracy and fraud and they are seeking $3 million. The U.S. Postal Service has also sued Armstrong, claiming that he owes them $50 million in sponsorship money.
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