Lance Armstrong has resigned as president of the charity he founded, Livestrong, after the US anti-doping agency sanctioned him for life. In addition, the sportswear company Nike has announced the termination of his contract with Lance Armstrong due to the “evidence apparently insurmountable” that the former American cyclist doped, in light of the report published by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA).
“Because of the seemingly insurmountable evidence that Lance Armstrong participated in doping y has been fooling Nike for more than a decade, we terminate our contract with great sadness. Nike does not advise the use of illegal drugs to improve performance in any way," the US company said in a brief statement, which will maintain its support for the Livestrong Foundation "created to unite, inspire and empower people affected by cancer".
Last week, Nike explained that he planned to keep his support for Armstrong and even announced the sponsorship of football organized by Livestrong. "He has declared his innocence and that is why we plan to continue supporting Lance and his Foundation, an organization created by Armstrong to serve those who have suffered from cancer," said the brand then, which has now chosen to break its contract with the Texan
This change of course it comes after the diary New York Daily News has assured that the sports firm allegedly delivered 500.000 dollars to the International Cycling Union (UCI) so that the agency concealed a positive result in an anti-doping control, something the company would have denied.
Rasmussen supports the American
The Danish cyclist Michael Rasmussen He showed his “enormous respect” for Lance Armstrong, a seven-time Tour de France winner, on Tuesday, despite accusations against him launched by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA). "I've always had a huge respect towards him as a rival, and the USADA report has not changed that”, says Rasmussen in statements to the Danish newspaper Ekstra Bladet.
Rasmussen was fired by the Rabobank Dutch during the dispute Tour de France 2007, when he was a leader, for lying about his whereabouts before the test, which later earned him a two-year sanction by the International Cycling Union (UCI). Rasmussen, of 38 years and who has always denied having doped, continues running in the Christina Watches-Onfone, a small Danish team.
His ex-partner Matt White, fired
The Cycling Federation of Australia has announced that it terminates its contract with Matt White as the national coordinator of the road team, after he admitted that he was doped in the past. The Australian issued a statement last Saturday in which he confessed that he took forbidden substances while playing in the US Postal team, Lance Armstrong, between 2001 and 2003, according to ABC radio.
Source: cadenaser.com
