{"id":8072,"date":"2021-05-07T07:41:28","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T07:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsnewsforyou.com\/?p=8072"},"modified":"2021-05-07T07:41:28","modified_gmt":"2021-05-07T07:41:28","slug":"should-lance-armstrong-be-allowed-to-compete-in-triathlon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/?p=8072","title":{"rendered":"Should Lance Armstrong be allowed to compete in triathlon?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Having never won a major title in the sport or even competed since his cycling doping confessions three years ago, Lance Armstrong remains arguably the most controversial name in tri.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cLet Lance Armstrong race Kona\u201d says Ironman legend Dave Scott<\/em><\/p>\n

Armstrong is making headlines once more, having recently revealed in a podcast with Movember Men\u2019s Health that it was the way he \u201cmistreated people\u201d that he regrets the most from his time dominating (and cheating his way) to seven Tour de France victories.<\/p>\n

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Armstrong also polarised opinion at a 35km trail race he won at the weekend in California, with Joe Gray, a US national trail-running champion, taking to Facebook to air his distain:<\/p>\n

\u201cRace directors allowing him into racing need to understand that it\u2019s not because of his doping alone that he is not welcome. It\u2019s because of the things he did outside of doping and the fact that he could influence others to take the negative plunge he once took.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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On 220\u2019s Facebook page, we posed the question of whether Armstrong should be allowed to compete when his ban is lifted in August 2016, and garnered some fascinating responses ranging from yes\u2019s, to definitive no\u2019s, to indifference and back again. Here\u2019s our pick of the comments\u2026<\/p>\n

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\nDespite many commenters supporting or wanting Armstrong\u2019s return, many still had contempt for the man himself:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div>\n

Whilst others had respect for Armstrong\u2019s ability regardless of his past, or claimed that his presence could actually strengthen testing procedures in tri:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div>\n

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For others it was simply a straightforward \u2018no\u2019, with potential damage to triathlon\u2019s image cited as one of the reasons:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div>\n

Indifference<\/p>\n

Others believed the furore surrounding Armstrong has gone on too long, and regardless of what happens it\u2019s time for sport, and the triathlon community, to move on:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div>\n

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Look out for more opinion and coverage of the Lance Armstrong debate on our website in the new year \u2013 for now, do you have anything more to add to the points made above?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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