Cycling: Hamilton returns Olympic gold medal
The 40-year-old Hamilton admitted that he had doped during his career after years of denying the allegations.
LOS ANGELES:
Tyler Hamilton, who has accused seven-time former Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong of doping, handed back his 2004 Olympic Games gold medal, said the US anti-doping agency (USADA). “I can confirm that Tyler Hamilton has given his gold medal from the 2004 Athens Olympic Games to USADA and that we’ll continue to work with the IOC and the USOC as appropriate concerning the final implications of our overall investigation,” said USADA President Travis Tygart. The 40-year-old Hamilton admitted on Thursday that he had doped during his career after years of denying the allegations.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 22nd, 2011.
Tyler Hamilton, who has accused seven-time former Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong of doping, handed back his 2004 Olympic Games gold medal, said the US anti-doping agency (USADA). “I can confirm that Tyler Hamilton has given his gold medal from the 2004 Athens Olympic Games to USADA and that we’ll continue to work with the IOC and the USOC as appropriate concerning the final implications of our overall investigation,” said USADA President Travis Tygart. The 40-year-old Hamilton admitted on Thursday that he had doped during his career after years of denying the allegations.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 22nd, 2011.