The world's disgraced athletes: A visual history
After having his seven Tour de France wins erased, Lance Armstrong joins other elite athletes who have ignominiously stained their legacies
By The Week Staff | October 22, 2012
10 disgraced athletes in history
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n Monday the International Cycling Union officially stripped Lance Armstrong of his seven Tour de France titles following the release of a damning report of a drug investigation by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency. The 41-year-old cancer survivor is just the latest in a line of top athletes to see their once-sparkling legacies shattered. A look at nine other athletes who fell from grace:
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