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Charges filed against Lance Armstrong in doping case

By Associated Press

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LAST UPDATED: 09:58 a.m. HST, Jun 29, 2012

ASSOCIATED PRESS
FILE - In this file photo, cyclist Lance Armstrong of Austin, Texas, walks out of the Tour de France's anti-doping control bus after the 16th stage of the Tour de France cycling race between Les Deux Alpes and La Plagne, French Alps.

AUSTIN, Texas >> The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency says its review board has made a unanimous recommendation to file formal doping charges against Lance Armstrong.

That will move the case to an arbitration hearing if Armstrong chooses to challenge, as he has indicated he would.

USADA confirmed the board's recommendation today after one of its members, Clark Griffith, told The Associated Press he "can't wait" to see what the arbitration panel thinks of the evidence.

USADA says it has evidence Armstrong was taking performance-enhancing drugs while winning the Tour de France from 1999-2005. Armstrong says he is innocent.






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BlueDolphin53 wrote:
1999-2005? And they only file charges now???
on June 29,2012 | 11:42AM
kainalu wrote:
The U.S. Anti-doping Agency - really? What happened to "freedom" in this country? We've got to have more agencies than any other country in the world.
on June 29,2012 | 02:53PM
sloturle wrote:
but it doesn't say how they found out he was doping
on June 30,2012 | 12:37AM
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