Lance Armstrong

[joeluke]

How long has Oprah Whinfrey worked for the International Cycling authorities?

Otherwise why has she been grilling him about his lying, cheating actions?

The guy has less than zero credibility now

[ummmm]

Oprah Whinfrey has 100% credibility.

[squarebear]

I guess it makes good telly.

[joeluke]

......and her vast knowledge of international cycling ummmm?

[237SJ]

You don't have to know anything about a sport to ask a sportsman if he took drugs. Have you watched the interview?

[paddywak]

The guys a cheat, what more do you need to know?

[ummmm]

Ditto 237.

[joeluke]

Yes I've seen some of it

Why couldn't he stand in front of the sports governing body and admit to lying/cheating instead of no doubt earning a fat fee by doing it on a celebrity chatshow?

[Ann]

I was saddened and quite shocked when I heard him actually admit it. I still believed he was innocent as he always seemed so nice and I admired his fight to overcome cancer.

[237SJ]

Not only is he a cheat but he says he feels no guilt or remorse. On telly here today (in US) there have been people who have been bullied and threatened by him when they hinted at his drug use in the past. The guy's a jerk.

[ummmm]

Because that's the way they do it over there. Damage limitation.

[Ann]

It just goes to show how you can misjudge someone ..........

[bibblebub]

Armstrong has chose her because he knows he's in for an easy ride (boom boom); seriously he knows that she's an easy interviewer who's not going to give him any difficult questions.

[emmie]

nor did she, he will find it a lot more difficult once the lawsuits start rolling in, from those he has sued for daring to suggest that he was a cheat. Big problem also comes if it taints the rest of the sport, they will have to up their game to prove that no cheating is going on.

[bibblebub]

yes, there's already been that short-lived rumour that cycling was going to be banned from the olympics

[emmie]

he has said that he wishes to compete again, and that whilst some involved in his doping, who they have been given a six month suspension, he says he has been given a death penalty, rather an odd phrase wouldn't you say.
he doesn't seem to grasp quite how bad this is.

[bibblebub]

It was mentioned on tv earlier (so must be true) that he's been banned from all sports; that must surely be the "death penalty" to which he's referring although he has probably received death threats via the internet too.

[emmie]

i think he meant that whilst some have got off lightly, he has received a life ban, which i guess to him feels like a death penalty, though he is not in prison on death row, i don't feel sorry for him at all. He has made a fool out of a lot of people, countered any number of lawsuits, sued many. Surely now he has said his piece shouldn't he get on with his life. I wonder how many more will come out the woodwork, cheats never win, not in reality..

[tamborine]

The eejit has brought the sport down. I hope he loses all his prize money & more.

[emmie]

he will, the lawsuits will come flooding in, that should worry him as much as bringing the sport into disrepute.