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Athletes with their heart firmly set on gold are often willing to act outside of the confines of the sports rules in order to achieve their goals. In doing so, not only are they compromising their own integrity, but they are threatening the role of sportsmanship and honesty in athletic competition. These athletes, who had potential to become great, were driven by ambition to cheat. Likewise, Macbeth was an honourable soldier before the witches and his wife Lady Macbeth caused him to become obsessed with becoming king.
Lance Edward Armstrong is an American former professional road racing cyclist. Armstrong had won the Tour de France a record seven consecutive times between 1999 and 2005, but in 2012 he was disqualified from all his results since August 1998 for using and distributing performance-enhancing drugs and was banned from professional cycling for life. He just recently admitted to using performance enhancement drugs providing that his ambition drove him to do.
Lance Edward Armstrong is an American former professional road racing cyclist. Armstrong had won the Tour de France a record seven consecutive times between 1999 and 2005, but in 2012 he was disqualified from all his results since August 1998 for using and distributing performance-enhancing drugs and was banned from professional cycling for life. He just recently admitted to using performance enhancement drugs providing that his ambition drove him to do.