Lance Armstrong may be allowed to return to professional cycling

A person who didn’t want to be indentified has announced that Lance Armstrong plans to admit to taking banned medications during an interview with the American talk show host Oprah Winfrey. Is this a right decision of the famous cyclist? Opinions differ. Certain individuals claim that if the disgraced American cyclist admits to doping, he will restore his reputation. Others suppose that the admission will alter nothing. Certain other individuals suppose that if Lance Armstrong does it, he will probably go to jail.
It is known that Lance Armstrong denied taking steroids and other forbidden preparations. He seemed to succeed till the USADA published a report on him. The USADA’s dossier provided doping evidence. As a result, the cyclist was stripped of his 7 Tour de France titles. Moreover, his sponsors left him. In addition to these negative aspects, Lance Armstrong had to distance himself from the cancer-fighting foundation Livestrong in order to prevent hurting it.
Will Lance Armstrong admit to applying forbidden medicines? Which will be consequences?
Certain experts think that prosecution will take place, if Lance Armstrong admits to doping. The cyclist has pronounced under the oath that he never applied any banned drugs. So, if he admits to doping, it means that he acknowledges that he has lied under the oath. As a result, he may go to prison. That’s why certain experts say that Lance Armstrong should continue denying doping.
But there are persons who claim that the admission will change nothing. Millions of individuals with cancer that have survived with the help of Livestrong praise Lance Armstrong. The former cyclist is a hero for them. These persons like the former cyclist, regardless of whether he has doped or not. If even Lance Armstrong admits to applying forbidden medicines throughout his athletic career, these individuals will continue to support him.
But there is also another opinion. If Lance Armstrong provides important information about intake of performance-enhancing drugs in the US Postal Service Cycling Team, his ban from competitions may be reduced. Thus, Lance Armstrong will probably return to professional cycling.
It is unclear whether Lance Armstrong will really admit and which results will follow.