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Lance Armstrong was stripped of his record seven Tour de France titles late Thursday after he refused to fight allegations that he used performance-enhancing drugs. 阿姆斯特朗(Lance Armstrong)拒绝就有关他使用违禁药品的指控进行抗辩，之后他于周四晚间被剥夺了在环法自行车赛(Tour de France)上获得的全部七个冠军头衔。他是迄今为止获得这项赛事冠军头衔最多的运动员。 Mr. Armstrong notified the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency that he wouldn't fight the charges the agency brought against him in June, a move that, according to USADA, immediately strips him of all of his athletic titles going back to Aug. 1, 1998, roughly a year before his first Tour de France victory. USADA said Mr. Armstrong is also banned immediately from competing in Olympic and other elite-level sports for the rest of his life. 阿姆斯特朗通知美国反兴奋剂机构(U.S. Anti-Doping Agency)，他不会就该机构今年6月对他提出的指控进行抗辩。据美国反兴奋剂机构说，阿姆斯特朗此举意味着，从即刻起，他自1998年8月1日（大约是他首次获得环法自行车赛冠军的前一年）以来获得的全部赛事冠军头衔都将被剥夺。该机构说，从即刻起，阿姆斯特朗还被终身禁止参加奥运会和其他精英级体育赛事。 Mr. Armstrong had until midnight Mountain Standard Time Thursday to officially decide whether to fight the Agency's charges, which alleged Mr. Armstrong had participated in a conspiracy to cheat. | 
