Summary:
An overview and brief history of the life and Accomplishments of Lance Armstrong, 6 time Tour de France winner, and review of his biography, It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life by Sally Jenkins.
Title of book: It's Not About The Bike: My Journey Back to Life
Author: Sally Jenkins
Publisher: Putnam Publishers
Date of Publication: June 2000
Born to a seventeen-year-old woman and abandoned by his father at a young age, no one ever thought that Lance Armstrong, a boy from a small town in Texas, would make anything of himself. When Armstrong was three, his mother remarried a "Christian" man named Terry Armstrong (the man who's name he uses), who abused Armstrong and his mother both physically and verbally. At the age of thirteen, Armstrong entered the Iron Kids Triathlon and won, which spurred his interest in cycling. Eight years later, in 1992, Armstrong competed in the Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain. In 1993, Armstrong placed first at Oslo, Norway, becoming a world champion at 21.
On Thursday, October 4th, 1996, after.....
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