Top 5 Scenarios If Lance Armstrong Never Doped - Mind-Blowing Possibilities! — Transcript

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1. 0:00what if Lance Armstrong had never doped
2. 0:02it's a question that has been asked many
3. 0:04times since the doping Scandal that
4. 0:06rocked the cycling World in 2012.
5. 0:08Armstrong once considered one of the
6. 0:10greatest cyclists of all time admitted
7. 0:13to using performance-enhancing drugs
8. 0:14throughout much of his career as a
9. 0:16result he was stripped of his seven Tour
10. 0:18de France titles and faced widespread
11. 0:20public scrutiny and backlash but what if
12. 0:22things had been different what if
13. 0:24Armstrong had chosen to race clean hey
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15. 0:29you the most mind-boggling scenarios
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17. 0:33Lance Armstrong's doping Scandal was one
18. 0:35of the biggest in the history of sports
19. 0:37it not only tarnished his own legacy but
20. 0:40also had a ripple effect on the entire
21. 0:42world of cycling but what if things had
22. 0:44been different what if Armstrong had
23. 0:46chosen a different path the
24. 0:48possibilities are endless and in this
25. 0:50video we'll explore the top 5 scenarios
26. 0:52for what could have happened if Lance
27. 0:54Armstrong had not doped scenario 1 the
28. 0:57rise to fame one possible scenario is
29. 1:00that Armstrong may not have achieved the
30. 1:02same level of success if he had not
31. 1:04doped he may not have won seven Tour de
32. 1:06France titles or become the face of
33. 1:08cycling however he was already a
34. 1:10talented cyclist before he started
35. 1:12doping so it's possible that he could
36. 1:14have still achieved success in his
37. 1:15career without the use of performance
38. 1:17enhancing drugs
39. 1:19if Armstrong had stayed clean throughout
40. 1:21his career he would have still had a
41. 1:23successful career but his achievements
42. 1:25would not have been as extraordinary as
43. 1:26they were with the use of
44. 1:27performance-enhancing drugs
45. 1:29he may not have won as many races or set
46. 1:32as many records but he would still have
47. 1:34been a top cyclist in fact Armstrong had
48. 1:37already won a world championship title
49. 1:39before he started doping so it's
50. 1:40possible that he could have won more
51. 1:42titles without the use of drugs it's
52. 1:44also possible that he would have focused
53. 1:46more on his team rather than just
54. 1:48himself which could have led to more
55. 1:50team victories Armstrong's doping
56. 1:52Scandal also had a big impact on the
57. 1:54anti-doping movement in sports if
58. 1:56Armstrong had not doped it's possible
59. 1:59that there would not have been as much
60. 2:00attention paid to the issue of doping
61. 2:02and cycling and other sports scenario 2
62. 2:05clean racing another possible scenario
63. 2:08is that if Armstrong had not doped he
64. 2:10could have become an advocate for clean
65. 2:12racing and encouraged others to compete
66. 2:14without the use of performance-enhancing
67. 2:16drugs this could have had a ripple
68. 2:18effect throughout the world of cycling
69. 2:19and other sports Armstrong's doping
70. 2:22Scandal was a wake-up call for the world
71. 2:24of cycling and it led to stricter
72. 2:26anti-doping regulations and testing
73. 2:28however if Armstrong wrong had stayed
74. 2:30clean he could have been a leader in
75. 2:32this movement himself he could have used
76. 2:34his platform to promote clean racing and
77. 2:37Inspire other athletes to compete
78. 2:38without the use of drugs in fact
79. 2:40Armstrong did become an advocate for
80. 2:43cancer research and survivorship after
81. 2:45his doping Scandal so it's possible that
82. 2:47he would have focused more on advocacy
83. 2:49work if he had not doped this could have
84. 2:51led to a different kind of impact on the
85. 2:53World of Sports and Beyond Lance
86. 2:55Armstrong's Legacy is a complicated one
87. 2:57while his doping Scandal tarnished his
88. 2:59reputation he also did a lot of good
89. 3:01through his Livestrong Foundation and
90. 3:02cancer advocacy work if he had not doped
91. 3:05his legacy would have been very
92. 3:06different scenario 3 a different Legacy
93. 3:09if Armstrong had not doped he may have
94. 3:12still become an advocate for cancer
95. 3:13research and survivorship but his legacy
96. 3:16would have been focused more on his
97. 3:17athletic achievements rather than his
98. 3:19scandal Armstrong was a talented cyclist
99. 3:22before he started doping and if he had
100. 3:24not turned to performance-enhancing
101. 3:25drugs he would have still been a
102. 3:27successful cyclist with a strong work
103. 3:29ethic and compete additive drive he may
104. 3:31not have achieved the same level of
105. 3:32success but his reputation would not
106. 3:34have been tarnished and he would have
107. 3:36been remembered more for his athletic
108. 3:38achievements without the doping Scandal
109. 3:40Armstrong's Livestrong Foundation could
110. 3:42have also had a different trajectory the
111. 3:45foundation was created in 1997 to
112. 3:47support cancer survivors and research
113. 3:49but it gained even more attention after
114. 3:51Armstrong's own cancer diagnosis and
115. 3:53survival if Armstrong had not doped the
116. 3:56foundation may have still gained
117. 3:57attention due to Armstrong's success in
118. 3:59cycling but it may not have become as
119. 4:02closely associated with Armstrong
120. 4:03himself Armstrong's doping Scandal not
121. 4:06only affected his own career but also
122. 4:08had an impact on other cyclists who were
123. 4:10implicated in the Scandal or who were
124. 4:12suspected of doping if Armstrong had not
125. 4:15doped it's possible that their careers
126. 4:17could have also been different
127. 4:19scenario 4 a different cycling landscape
128. 4:22if Armstrong had not doped it's possible
129. 4:25that other cyclists may have also
130. 4:26refrained from using
131. 4:27performance-enhancing drugs the cycling
132. 4:29landscape could have been very different
133. 4:31without the doping scandal with
134. 4:33different writers winning races and
135. 4:34setting records it's also possible that
136. 4:37cycling as a whole may not have been as
137. 4:38heavily scrutinized for doping without
138. 4:40Armstrong's scandal
139. 4:42while doping has always been an issue in
140. 4:45sports Armstrong's high profile and
141. 4:47success brought it to the Forefront of
142. 4:49the public Consciousness without his
143. 4:51scandal it's possible that doping and
144. 4:52cycling may not have been as closely
145. 4:54monitored or regulated finally let's
146. 4:57explore the personal impact of Armstrong
147. 4:59not doping how would it have affected
148. 5:01him as an individual scenario 5 personal
149. 5:04growth if Armstrong had not doped it's
150. 5:06possible that he may have had a
151. 5:08different perspective on his own success
152. 5:09and Legacy winning seven Tour de France
153. 5:12titles and becoming a cycling Legend may
154. 5:14have been important to him but he may
155. 5:16have also valued the process of clean
156. 5:18racing and being a role model for other
157. 5:20athletes without the doping Scandal
158. 5:22Armstrong may not have faced the same
159. 5:24level of public scrutiny and backlash
160. 5:26however he still would have had to
161. 5:28Grapple with the knowledge that his
162. 5:30success may not have been achieved
163. 5:32solely through hard work and talent it's
164. 5:34possible that this realization could
165. 5:36have led to personal growth and a
166. 5:37different approach to his career and
167. 5:39advocacy work so there you have it the
168. 5:42top five scenarios for what could have
169. 5:44happened if Lance Armstrong had not
170. 5:46doped while we'll never know for sure
171. 5:48what could have happened it's
172. 5:50interesting to consider how small
173. 5:51decisions can have big impacts if
174. 5:53Armstrong had not doped the world of
175. 5:56cycling and Sports in general could have
176. 5:58been very different but what do you
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