Southeast Texans react to Lance Armstong confession — Transcript

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1. 0:00after a decade of denial cyclist Legend
2. 0:03Lance Armstrong has confessed using
3. 0:05performance enhancing drugs KFDM
4. 0:08reporter Megan Dillard captured reaction
5. 0:10from Southeast Texans she joins us live
6. 0:13in the studio with more
7. 0:15Megan cancer Liv strong cycling these
8. 0:19are some of the answers we got when we
9. 0:21asked people what came to mind with the
10. 0:23name Lance Armstrong the 41-year-old
11. 0:25cyclist has won more titles in the sport
12. 0:28than anyone else on two Wheels he
13. 0:30admitted during an interview with Oprah
14. 0:32Winfrey that he used
15. 0:34performance-enhancing drugs while
16. 0:36winning seven tour to France titles
17. 0:38Armstrong was stripped of those titles
18. 0:40when the US anti-doping agency released
19. 0:43a report built around the testimony of
20. 0:45for former teammates Armstrong's
21. 0:48interview with Oprah is scheduled to air
22. 0:49in two parts this Thursday and Friday we
23. 0:52stopped by bicycle Sports on I 10 to
24. 0:55talk to cyclist in Southeast Texas one
25. 0:57man agrees Armstrong's drug use is wrong
26. 1:00but wants people to remember Armstrong's
27. 1:03accomplishments I have never doped I can
28. 1:07say it again but I've said it for seven
29. 1:08years it doesn't help extraordinary
30. 1:11accusations must be followed up with
31. 1:15extraordinary proof same face same
32. 1:18stance same story Lance Armstrong is a
33. 1:22cycling Superstar for more than a decade
34. 1:25he denied allegations about performance
35. 1:27enhancing drug use now he he's changing
36. 1:30his story The Seven time Tor of France
37. 1:33winner confessed to Oprah Winfrey he did
38. 1:36use drugs the news has sent some people
39. 1:39spinning Eric Bender works at bicycle
40. 1:42Sports in Bowmont an Armstrong supporter
41. 1:45Bender says the draw to the cyclist
42. 1:48wasn't really about the sport the reason
43. 1:50Lance Armstrong is so popular is because
44. 1:53he almost died of cancer he was on
45. 1:56death's door and then he got better and
46. 1:58not only did he get better but he got
47. 2:00better and he came back and won an
48. 2:02international bicycle race Bender
49. 2:04doesn't condone drug use he says for
50. 2:06some cyclists it's a part of growth
51. 2:09cyclists have always embraced the latest
52. 2:12technology so they look outside the
53. 2:14bicycle industry for new technology also
54. 2:17you know they're not just tweaking their
55. 2:19bikes they're tweaking their bodies is
56. 2:21it right um no it's not right regardless
57. 2:27Bender supports the athlete Armstrong is
58. 2:30a hero to people who have had cancer or
59. 2:36who have had someone that they love die
60. 2:38of cancer I love it Tracy deal is trying
61. 2:42out a new bike she believes doping sets
62. 2:45a bad influence for young athletes I
63. 2:47think it's a discouraging I don't think
64. 2:49it's a good thing for the kids
65. 2:51to think they can be all that and
66. 2:54then you know it's just not reachable
67. 2:57unless you take drugs deals still
68. 2:59supports Armstrong I hate it that it's
69. 3:02come to this for Lance I wish he would
70. 3:04have done it on his own but I still have
71. 3:07enjoyed the
72. 3:10ride there are also people in Southeast
73. 3:13Texas who feel Armstrong's drug use is
74. 3:16inexcusable we received these posts on
75. 3:18our KFDM Facebook page Donna K Church
76. 3:21wrote quote I think it is time to close
77. 3:23the door on him he has no respect left
78. 3:26marleene Harris wrote quote too little
79. 3:29too late considering he lied about it
80. 3:32for so long maybe he fessed up because
81. 3:34he could no longer pedal fast enough to
82. 3:37outrun the truth she continued quote
83. 3:39pity poor Lance now I don't think so to
84. 3:43read more about Armstrong's confession
85. 3:45and to hear more reaction from people in
86. 3:47our area visit our website kfdm.com or
87. 3:50check out the KFDM Facebook page
88. 3:52reporting live in the studio Megan
89. 3:54Dillard 6 news tonight