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Tygart on doping bans and Armstrong fighting cheats

Friday, October 10 2014 by SNTV
  • Intro:

    Speaking at the Leaders in Sport Business summit, CEO of the US Anti-Doping Agency, Travis Tygart, said he still hopes Lance Armstrong accept his agency's offer to be involved in the fight against doping.

    Script:

    SOUNDBITE (English) Travis Tygart, CEO of the US Anti-Doping Agency:(On the possibility of changing the rules for longer bans against doping cheats after research showed they reap the benefits even after they stop)

    "Certainly there's a study out there that suggests that, not in humans but in mice. So there's still a lot of work that has to be done to see if that's at the point to be seriously considered and then the process for changing the rules has to be done. I think what's not fair to athletes, sports fans, all of us who are here for clean athletes and the integrity of sport is that you can't change the rules in the middle of the game. Let's go through the process. The rules are going to change in 2015 to have four-year sanctions and that was a lengthy process that was went through. The whole world provided input on that and if we need to go through that process again based on some new scientific data that's good and sound then we're happy to do that and then notify athletes and the world that that's what the world is and we'll play by the rules."

    SOUNDBITE (English) Travis Tygart, CEO of the US Anti-Doping Agency:(On if he wants Lance Armstrong to get involved in the fight against doping)

    "I absolutely hope he comes forward. I think everyone, as I said with Justin Gatlin, deserves a second chance. Now, the rules have to be enforced. There's a lifetime ban that's in place. There is some discretion to reduce it, but I hope for everyone who goes through something like he did that they find the opportunity, not just lip service, to take action to help clean up the sport. We were extremely disappointed, I've said it before, it was the most frustrating day of the investigation back in June of 2012 when he refused to come in because we thought at that point with the momentum that was built along with his 11 team-mates that this would have been a cascade for the benefit of clean athletes. While we're slowly plugging along to hopefully get to that point where the sport truly changes, we obviously hope he's apart of that at some point."

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