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Lance Armstrong: Years
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"Lance Armstrong is more than a bicyclist now, more than an athlete," wrote Rick Reilly in Sports Illustrated where Armstrong was named "Sportsman of the Year." "He's become a kind of hope machine."
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Linda bought Armstrong his first bike, a Schwinn Mag Scrambler, when he was seven years old. He immediately began to ride it every day and soon proved that he was a natural athlete. In addition to biking, Armstrong took up running. When he was in the fifth grade he began running six miles a day after school, and soon was entering long-distance competitions on weekends. Armstrong ... tried team sports like football, baseball, and basketball, but found that he was better at activities, like swimming, that required endurance. When he joined the local swim club, Armstrong would ride his bike ten miles to early morning practices, then pedal to school.
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Armstrong, who is dating singer Sheryl Crow, has become a national celebrity. Many people wondered whether Armstrong had the focus he’d had in years past entering his final Tour. Sherwen needed just one look at Armstrong to know all of that was just talk.
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On March 31, 2005, Mike Anderson filed a brief[12] in Travis County District Court in Texas, as part of a legal battle following his termination in November 2004 as an employee of Armstrong. Anderson worked for Armstrong for two years as a personal assistant. In the brief, Anderson claimed that he discovered a box of Androstenine while cleaning a bathroom in Armstrong's apartment in Girona, Spain.[13] While Androstenine is not on the list of banned drugs, the substances androstenedione and androstenediol are listed. However, Anderson stated in a subsequent deposition that he had no direct knowledge of Armstrong using a banned substance. Armstrong denied the claim and issued a counter-suit.[14] The two men reached an out-of-court settlement in November 2005, the terms of the agreement undisclosed.[15]
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"The latest story, which alleges an admission of using performance-enhancing drugs in a hospital in 1996, is today as absurd and untrue as when it was first circulated years ago," Armstrong said in a statement. "It never happened."
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There was another major event for Lance in 2000 - the Summer Olympics held in Sydney, Australia. But prior to the big day Lance was again involved in a major crash, this time being hit by a car while training in Nice, France with 2 teammates! Not so lucky this time, an MRI showed a fracture of the C-7 vertebra, but Lance would ride in Sydney anyway. He joined USPS teammates George Hincapie and Tyler Hamilton "down under" on the US team, and came home with the bronze medal in the Time Trial (the gold medal ironically won by another USPS teammate Viacheslav "Eki" Ekimov, riding for the Russian team). Lance ended the year with 2 more victories; one in the GP Des Nations and another teamed with Eki in the GP Eddy Merckx 2-man Time Trial.
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