Hamilton implicates Armstrong, admits doping
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May 21, 2011, Saturday
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Tyler Hamilton, who was allowed to keep his Athens Olympics gold medal despite failing a doping test, has finally confessed to cheating and accused other top cyclists including Lance Armstrong of doing the same.
In an interview to be aired by "60 Minutes" tomorrow, Hamilton ended years of denials by finally admitting to using performance-enhancing drugs, but insisted he was not alone. The 40-year-old said he witnessed his former teammate Armstrong inject himself with a blood-booster during the 1999 Tour de France, which Armstrong won.
"(Armstrong) took what we all took... there was EPO (erythropoietin)... testosterone... a blood transfusion," Hamilton said in an excerpt released by the CBS television network.
"I saw (EPO) in his refrigerator. I saw him inject it more than one time, like we all did, like I did many, many times."
Armstrong, who won the Tour de France seven times, has always denied taking banned substances. His lawyer Mark Fabiani said that Hamilton's accusations about Armstrong were untrue.
"Hamilton is actively seeking to make money by writing a book and now he has completely changed the story he has always told before so that he could get himself on "60 Minutes" and increase his chances with publishers," Fabiani said. "But greed and a hunger for publicity cannot change the facts: Lance Armstrong is the most tested athlete in the history of sports."
Armstrong reiterated Fabiani's view on his Twitter page. "20+ year career. 500 drug controls worldwide, in and out of competition. Never a failed test. I rest my case."
The International Olympic Committee could strip Hamilton of his Olympic medal, IOC vice president Thomas Bach said yesterday. "If there is any need or possibility to take action we will do it," said Bach, who heads most of the IOC's doping investigations.
In an interview to be aired by "60 Minutes" tomorrow, Hamilton ended years of denials by finally admitting to using performance-enhancing drugs, but insisted he was not alone. The 40-year-old said he witnessed his former teammate Armstrong inject himself with a blood-booster during the 1999 Tour de France, which Armstrong won.
"(Armstrong) took what we all took... there was EPO (erythropoietin)... testosterone... a blood transfusion," Hamilton said in an excerpt released by the CBS television network.
"I saw (EPO) in his refrigerator. I saw him inject it more than one time, like we all did, like I did many, many times."
Armstrong, who won the Tour de France seven times, has always denied taking banned substances. His lawyer Mark Fabiani said that Hamilton's accusations about Armstrong were untrue.
"Hamilton is actively seeking to make money by writing a book and now he has completely changed the story he has always told before so that he could get himself on "60 Minutes" and increase his chances with publishers," Fabiani said. "But greed and a hunger for publicity cannot change the facts: Lance Armstrong is the most tested athlete in the history of sports."
Armstrong reiterated Fabiani's view on his Twitter page. "20+ year career. 500 drug controls worldwide, in and out of competition. Never a failed test. I rest my case."
The International Olympic Committee could strip Hamilton of his Olympic medal, IOC vice president Thomas Bach said yesterday. "If there is any need or possibility to take action we will do it," said Bach, who heads most of the IOC's doping investigations.
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