I'm
torn on how to respond to this news. On the one hand, it's illegal.
He was in these races with the backing of several different sponsors
who put not only their money but their names on the line for him and
his venture. Millions of people watched their idol as he raced year
after year bringing home medals, only to now find out that it was all
a lie. Would he have one without the drugs? Could he have been
strong enough on his own...to win maybe even just one medal? We'll
never know. And what about those who came in second each year. They
deserve the right to have the gold they should have rightly won. It's
wrong.
But,
he isn't a bad guy. Since his win he has been through several
different things including cancer. He has done many many positive
thing for the cancer community. Things that maybe he might not have
been able to do if it were not for the fame and fortune that he
received from being in and winning the races.
Now,
coming out about this, I hope that any others who are out there and
have done the same, come clean as well. It has to be a big lie to
carry. It must be difficult to live with knowing that you have to
constantly be watching what you are saying to so you don't slip up.
For
me, my respect for him has dropped, even though he has done so many
good things. It was wrong then, it's still wrong, he knew it at the
time and he still knows it. The fact that it had to come out on
Oprah Winfrey only makes it worse. It glorifies the situation even
more when it should be embarrassing.
Ardeeemilla(:
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