Lance Armstrong born on September 18, 1971 in Plano, Texax. He is a retired American professional road racing cyclist. From the age of 15, Lance Armstrong began his sporting career as a triathlete, competing and winning in adult competitions. In the 1987 and 1988 ,Lance Armstrong was the number one ranked triathlete in the 19 & under age group. Lance Armstrong’s point total for the 1987 season was better than the five professionals ranked that year. At the age of 16, Lance Armstrong became a professional triathlete and became the national sprint-course triathlon champion in 1989 and 1990 at age 18 and 19, respectively.His greatest talent was as a bicycle racer. After competing as a cycling amateur, winning the US amateur championship in 1991 and finishing 14th in the 1992 Summer Olympics.October 2, 1996, lance Armstrong was diagnosed with stage three nonseminomatous testicular cancer that had metastasized, spreading to his lungs, abdomen, and brain. His doctors told him that he had less than a 50 percent chance of survival. After his recovery, one of his doctors told him that his actual odds of survival had been considerably smaller and that he had been given the estimate primarily to give him hope. Three years later, after much recuperation and the loss of his right testicle, he won the Tour de France.
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In my own words:
Lance Armstrong didn’t give up on everything he do eventhough he is disabled.I truly admired his determination on doing something.He has show the undisabled people not to be lazy when doing something and do the thing sincerely with a smile on their face.When we do things sincerely,our works will be something that we can be proud of.Don’t you think so?
I would like to add that being disabled is not easy as they can’t do things that other people do 100% right.So,we as the undisabled ones should do things that our parents,teachers or other people told us to do sincerely,correctlyand also the way they want us to do it.
With this,i would like to end my thoughts and opinions.
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Dan
// Jun 21, 2007 at 12:18 am
Dan…
I guess it’s ok…
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