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American Scandal

Lance Armstrong | The Boy from North Texas | 1

American Scandal

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Exhibit C, History, Documentary, Lindsay Graham, True Crime, History Daily, American History Tellers, Society & Culture

4.519.6K Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Lance Armstrong enters the cutthroat world of professional cycling. But after a string of humiliating losses, he's left searching for a new way to win.

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0:00.0

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0:05.8

the app today.

0:09.9

It's January 14, 2013 in a hotel room in Austin, Texas, and land-sarmed strong braces

0:25.7

himself for what could be the biggest moment of his entire life.

0:29.5

Armstrong is 41 years old and the most famous cyclist in the world.

0:34.0

He's overcome every obstacle he's ever faced, grueling races, cutthroat competition, even

0:39.4

cancer.

0:40.6

As Armstrong nervously looks around the hotel room, he reminds himself that no obstacle

0:44.8

can take him down.

0:46.3

He's a winner, not a loser.

0:48.2

And today is a good day.

0:49.7

It's the day that he finally turns everything around.

0:53.3

All around Armstrong is activity.

0:55.4

A television crew is fiddling with multicolored camels, plugging them into a boxy monitor.

1:00.7

In the corner of the room, a TV producer is speaking quietly with Armstrong's lawyers.

1:05.5

The lawyers then turn away from the producer and walk toward Armstrong.

1:09.2

The two men are middle age, and they're both wearing charcoal suits, red ties, and expressions

1:14.2

of deep concern.

1:16.1

The lawyers tell Armstrong that it's time for the interview, but they remind him, it is

1:19.7

not too late to back out.

1:21.4

He doesn't have to do this.

1:23.4

Armstrong shakes his head and reminds the lawyers that this is his chance to get the public

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