How a Doping Scandal Ruined Livestrong | Corporate Casket

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Blair Zoń

Documentary, Education, Business, Society & Culture

4.4 • 961 Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Go to http://hellofresh.com/CASKET16 and use code CASKET16 to get 16 free meals across 7 boxes AND 3 free gifts! Go to http://joinhoney.com/CASKET to get Honey for free. Welcome to the Corporate Casket, a semiweekly series where bad businesses go to die. We will discuss any and everything from bad charities, terrible CEOs, and businesses that have a lot to hide. Lance Armstrong’s charity, the Livestrong Foundation, has become well-known for funding cancer research. However, when Lance’s scandal about using illicit substances to win his titles made it to the spotlight, the foundation crumbled. Did Lance’s good deeds cancel out his previous cheating, and was Livestrong truly just caught in the crosshairs? Connect with me: https://linktr.ee/iilluminaughtii Sources: https://justpaste.it/9jeua Writers/Researchers/Helpers: Ali Z-B This episode was edited and mixed by: G. Thomas Craig Album cover art created by: Betsy Primes Intro Song Credits: Last to Fall- Will Van De Crommert Outro Song Credits: Sacred and Profane- Nicholas Rowe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	And the 15 years old Wonder Boy from Dallas, Lance Armstrong was challenging world champion Mark Allen on the near side.
0:11.6	So Lance Armstrong has won all of the time trials and he's now set to win
0:16.5	the two of the 90s Lance Armstrong wasn't just a champion cyclist. He was one of the world's best at one-day road races. His
0:25.1	contract in 1996 was worth two million dollars over just two years. And he was
0:31.5	preparing for the tour to France.
0:33.0	Later, he became the only rider to win it seven times.
0:37.0	Then two victory of Tab, well, an answer.
0:40.0	Encontinent, three enfence, He was considered a prodigy Villetor forever.
0:44.0	He was considered a prodigy from a young age,
0:50.0	and Armstrong's wins made headlines and made him a millionaire.
0:54.1	Longer races were tricky for him initially, but the cyclist raced for Motorola.
0:59.4	He was no small name in the cycling world, even if he remained relatively obscure in his own home state
1:05.3	Texas considering that Texans love football far more than they do cycling at least according to Texas monthly anyway.
1:12.9	But that changed in 1996 when Armstrong was diagnosed
1:16.9	with testicular cancer.
1:18.9	Armstrong was determined to not be beaten.
1:21.4	He viewed his diagnosis like any cycling competition only with much higher
1:25.4	stakes. You lose, you die. That's just simply what worked for him, taking that perspective and putting it into anything that he did, having a fiercer determination
1:36.2	than ever before. Armstrong wasn't just a prodigy athlete known in the world of cycling
1:41.2	anymore. He was a hero. After surgery, Armstrong said at a press conference,
1:46.7	I want you all to know that I intend to beat this disease, and further I intend to ride
1:51.9	again as a professional cyclist.
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