Lance Armstrong Making a Splash Back into Sport
The disgraced cyclist has signed up for three swimming events at the Masters South Central Zone Swimming Championships at the University of Texas.
US Masters swimming (USMS) does not insist on the same drug testing rules of the US anti-doping agency (USADA) which banned Armstrong from life from all of its activities for his performance enhancing drugs during his cycling career.
According to Rob Butcher, executive director of master swimming his mission is to “encourage adults to swim” and “Lance is a member of USMS so he is eligible to swim”.
The USMS does not drug test and so if Armstrong or any other competitors take drugs it will not be acted upon or even discovered.
Armstrong is pursuing his post-cycling career in triathlons before he was banned by USADA.
According to the meet event sheets, Armstrong has the second best qualifying time in the 1000 yard race and third fastest in the 1659 and the 500 yard events
Read more at http://www.smh.com.au/sport/swimming/armstrong-to-make-return-to-competitive-sport-20130404-2h8ax.html
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