The International Olympic Committee has stripped Lance Armstrong of another of his cycling accomplishments: a bronze medal from the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, CNN reports. The announcement comes hours before Armstrong's interview with Oprah Winfrey from earlier this week airs on the Oprah Winfrey Network.
This CNN story includes a dozen quotations from Lance Armstrong that very well could affect the outcome of some of his pending lawsuits and other public issues. The following video (from the same page) explains the public's reaction, and near the end discusses whether Armstrong may face jail time for some of his previous statements or actions.
Wired's Brian Alexander brings up the startling news of a much more rampant investigative procedure in the athletic world. As he exhibits in his column, the hunt for Armstrong's guilt has not actually included a positive PED test by the organization bringing the charges. Armstrong has had drug tests checked in 2005 that were positive, but they were not under the USADA's jurisdiction. By expanding the reach and power of anti-doping agencies, it opens the door for lower level sports (like collegiate and high school) to be included in the same intrusive methods like searching through garbage and spying, without necessarily working federal organizations.
In our Lance Armstrong coverage earlier this week, we delved into five other revealing articles and a video that detailed the treatments Armstrong allegedly had.
We will continue over coverage tomorrow with a breakdown of Lance's statements in part one of his interview with Oprah Winfrey and what that means for his future.
You can follow Lance Armstrong on Twitter @lancearmstrong, although he has not tweeted since announcing he would do the interview with Winfrey.