Report: Armstrong Confesses to Winfrey That He Used Performance-Enhancing Drugs, Sources Tell [View all]

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Source: Associated Press

@BreakingNews: Report: Lance Armstrong confesses to Oprah Winfrey that he used performance-enhancing drugs, source tells @AP

AP SOURCE: ARMSTRONG TELLS OPRAH HE DOPED

By JIM VERTUNO and JIM LITKE

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Lance Armstrong confessed to Oprah Winfrey during an interview Monday that he used performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press.

The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the interview is to be broadcast Thursday on Winfrey's network.

Armstrong was stripped of all seven Tour titles last year following a voluminous U.S. Anti-Doping Agency report that portrayed him as a ruthless competitor, willing to go to any lengths to win the prestigious race.

USADA chief executive Travis Tygart labeled the doping regimen allegedly carried out by the U.S. Postal Service team that Armstrong once led, "The most sophisticated, professionalized and successful doping program that sport has ever seen."

Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/armstrong-ready-oprah-comes-town