After years of furiously denying he used performance enhancing drugs to win his record seven Tour de France titles, Lance Armstrong has made a full confession to Oprah Winfrey.
In the first part of the interview that aired today, Lance admitted using many banned substances, as well as “blood doping” to help him succeed in the tough sport.
Lance’s admissions were shocking, but it’s not the first time athletes have been caught cheating in sport.
Here are some of the biggest sports cheating scandals.
Lance Armstrong confessed to using drugs and lying about it.
Figure skater Tonya Harding hired a man to break rival Nancy Kerrigan’s leg in 1994.
Ten of the 12 members of the Spanish Paralympic basketball team had no disabilities.
Floyd Landis was stripped of his 2006 Tour de France title after testing positive to drugs.
Mike Tyson illegally bit off a piece of Evander Holyfield’s ear in 1997.
Shane Warne tested positive to a diuretic in 2003, but said he was taking it for weight loss.
Sprinter Ben Johnson admitted using drugs to win at the 1988 Olympics.
Diego Maradona’s ‘Hand of God’ move was slammed in the 1986 FIFA World Cup.
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