Due to the recent scandal with the truth of his past doping use, Lance Armstrong has not only lost a great deal of respect in society, he has now lost his seven Tour de France titles and his ties with Livestrong, the charity he founded 15 years ago while fighting testicular cancer. On November 4th, he resigned from Livestrong's board of directors in which before he stepped down as the chairman. He attempted to distance himself from the charity to try to protect it from any damage due to his doping controversy but it proved to work not as well Armstrong wish it did.
The United States Anti-Doping Agency made their evidence public of its doping case against Armstrong which in turn he was barred from Olympic sports for life and now stripped of all cycling titles. Honestly, I feel as this punishment is a little bit extreme for Lance. It's cliche to severely punish Lance for this when most of the men in this sport are doping and it's known by almost everyone who watches and is involved in the sport. Yes I understand Lance is a huge figure in sports and for health therefore the fact he was doping contradicts the very thing he was promoting, that doesn't mean he should be stripped of all the titles he has worked hard for. In the end, Lance Armstrong helped raise $500 million dollars through his charity so he shouldn't be looked at as a bad person because of a mistake; he is still a good man. People are so quick to overlook the good with the bad and hope maybe one day Lance Armstrong would be given back his titles and the respect many people lost for him.
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