Lance Armstrong Barred from Hawaii Ironman

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Tough news for Armstrong fans in Hawaii. News that the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency is planning to bring formal doping charges against the seven-time Tour de France champ has prompted racing officials to bar him from the Ironman World Championships in Hawaii this fall.

Civil Beat’s entertainment blog reports:

The LA Times reports:

Lance Armstrong’s hotly anticipated appearance at the starting line of the Ironman World Championship in Hawaii this fall has been all the buzz in the niche world of triathlons, according to the 

Could Armstrong, a seven-time Tour de France winner andcancer survivor, move on to dominate another sport?

The tantalizing answer to that question might never be known. Armstrong won’t be able to compete in the granddaddy of all Ironman competitions — the Ironman World Championships held each fall in Hawaii — due to the most recent blood-doping charges against him. The only way that will change is if the charges against him are dropped before the Oct. 13 race. 

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