Distance runner Rita Jeptoo is a superstar in Kenya for winning marathons across the globe. But she's now serving a two-year ban for using the blood-booster EPO to cheat.
A report out last week documented pages and pages of evidence that concludes Lance Armstrong was at the center of a doping ring. On Wednesday, Armstrong began to lose sponsors and announced he would resign as chairman of the very charity he founded.
The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency is finally coming forward with its case against Lance Armstrong. 200 pages. 26 interviews, 11 by former teammates. Emails. Bank statements. All of which, they say, paint a picture of the kingpin of a doping ring. Armstrong, through his attorney, calls it all lies — a taxpayer-funded hatchet job.
Today, the US Anti-Doping Agency moved to strip cyclist Lance Armstrong of his seven Tour de France titles -- and ban him from the sport for life. Brian Holcombe, editor of Velo Magazine, tells anchor Marco Werman it was Armstrong's only way out.
While some French cycling professionals welcomed the US Anti-Doping Agency's announcement others feel that this is a sad day for cycling. Fabrice Jouhaud of L'Equipe, France's largest daily sports newspaper-says the news has not surprised anyone there.
This week, cyclist Floyd Landis accused many of his teammates, including Lance Armstrong, of using performance-enhancing drugs. Tom Jolly, sports editor for The New York Times, discusses the veracity of the allegations.