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The New York Times
Monday, October 22, 2012 -- 7:46 AM EDT
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Lance Armstrong Stripped of His Seven Tour de France
Titles for Doping
The International Cycling Union announced on Monday that
it will not appeal the United States Anti-Doping Agency’s ruling to bar Lance
Armstrong for life from Olympic sports for doping and for playing an
instrumental role in the team-wide doping on his Tour de France-winning cycling
squads.
That decision to waive the right to take Armstrong’s case
to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, the highest court in sports, formally
strips Armstrong of the Tour titles he won from 1999 to 2005. The Amaury Sport
Organization, the company that organizes the Tour de France, will erase
Armstrong’s name from its record books.
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