Investigations revealed that his business dealings were all suspect and his entire life story was nothing but a web of lies and deceit.

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But there were too many lies, too much deceit, too many lives ruined, too great an amount of damage to a revered sport and too many missed opportunities to come clean offered by the USADA, the Sunday Times, Nike and even his own charitable foundation.

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