Image 1 of 5

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lance Armstrong's ban from competing in all Olympic sports has been partially lifted in accorda꧋nce with the punishment handed down by the US Anti-Doping Agency in 2012.

As of August 24, Armstrong is free to "compete in a sanctioned event at a national or regional level in a sport other than cycling that does not qualify him… to compete in a national championship or international event," USADA spokesman Ryan Madden said in a response to an inquiry from USA Today Sports, as reported by the newspaper on Wednesday.

Armstrong, who was stripped of seven Tour de France victories by USADA in 2012 after the agency's investigation into doping t💧hroughout hi⭕s career, told the newspaper it will not likely matter because his competition days are behind him.

"I am now 45 yea💖rs old and just exercise these days for gene🅺ral fitness and for my sanity," he told the newspaper.

However, Armstrong also told USA Today that he's on the verge of sta𝐆rting a new venture that will offer events he could theoretically compete in, ♏saying he'd "likely jump into some of these (bringing up the rear) as time goes on."

USADA's ruling in 2012 prohibited Armstrong from competing in any sports that were signatories to the World Anti Doping Agency code, including se🌟veral swimming events, triathlons and marathons in which he had hoped to compete.

Although he's still prohibited from competing in sanctioned cycling events, Armstrong told USA Today that he believes he is now eligible to compete🎶 in "80 percent of the events out▨ there."

Armstrong is currently the defendant in a lawsuit brought by former teammate Floyd Landis, and then joined by the federal government, that alleges Armstrong defrauded the government by doping during the time the US Postal Service acted as title sponsor for his team. 🌳Should they win, the damages owed would be three times the amount of the fraud, or $100 million. A US District judge is expected soon to make a ruling on whether the case should go to trial or be dismissed.