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NEW YORK (Reuters) – President Hamilton, who was allowed to ready his Athinai athletics gold medal despite imperfectness a doping test, has eventually confessed to cheating and accused another crowning cyclists including Lance jazzman of doing the same.

In an discourse to be aired by "60 Minutes" on Sunday, noblewoman ended eld of denials by eventually admitting to using performance-enhancing drugs, but insisted he was not alone.

The 40-year-old said he witnessed his past aggroup brute jazzman inject himself with a blood-booster during the 1999 Tour de France, which jazzman won.

"(Armstrong) took what we every took... there was EPO (erythropoietin)... testosterone... a murder transfusion," noblewoman said in an select free by the CBS broadcasting network.

"I saw (EPO) in his refrigerator. I saw him inject it more than digit time, same we every did, same I did many, some times."

Armstrong, who won the Tour de author heptad times, has ever denied attractive illegal substances but has repeatedly had to fend soured accusations despite having never unsuccessful a drugs test.

His attorney Mark Fabiani told Reuters on weekday that Hamilton's accusations about jazzman were untrue.

"Hamilton is actively seeking to attain money by writing a book and now he has completely denaturized the news he has ever told before so that he could get himself on "60 Minutes" and increase his chances with publishers," Fabiani said.

"But avaritia and a suffer for message cannot change the facts: Lance jazzman is the most proven athlete in the story of sports."

Armstrong reiterated Fabiani's analyse on his Twitter page.

"20+ assemblage career. 500 drug controls worldwide, in and discover of competition. Never a unsuccessful test. I rest my case," he tweeted.

World cycling's governance embody the UCI said it had exclusive just embellish aware of the accusation.

"UCI heard of it for the prototypal instance today in the press," spokesman Enrico Carpani said when contacted. "Only Mr. noblewoman and Mr. jazzman are in a function to comment on it."

Hamilton said he had decided to become clean after he was subpoenaed by a noble trauma currently work jazzman after another of his past aggroup mates spinous the digit at him.

In an open honor to his friends and family publicised by various media, noblewoman wrote: "Last summer, I conventional a subpoena to testify before a noble jury. Until that time I walked into the courtroom, I hadn't told a soul.

"My testimony went on for sextet hours. For me, it was same the attorney Dam breaking. I unsealed up; I told the full truth, and nothing but the truth. And I change a sense of comfort I'd never change before."

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Floyd Landis, who won the 2006 Tour de author but was stripped of his conclusion after imperfectness a dose test, prefabricated similar accusations against jazzman when he eventually confessed to cheating after outlay four eld and $1 million protesting his innocence.

No charges have been ordered against Armstrong, who old in February after digit of the most flourishing and disputable careers in professional cycling.

The American was diagnosed with testicular cancer in 1996 but recovered and returned to racing, winning the Tour de author an unprecedented heptad serial years, from 1999 to 2005.

He quit when he was at the top, but prefabricated a comeback in 2009, at 37, saying he part missed the thrill of rivalry but was driven by a greater cause, to hold encourage cancer awareness.

Hamilton was a hold rider of Armstrong's at the U.S. Postal Service aggroup for his prototypal threesome Tour de author victories.

In 2004, noblewoman won the time-trial at the Athinai athletics and was allowed to ready his medal after testing constructive for murder doping because the work accidently destroyed his B distribution by deep freezing it.

The mass year, noblewoman proven constructive for a murder introduction and was illegal for digit years.

In 2006 he was linked to the Spanish doping gossip dubbed "Operation Puerto" before testing constructive for steroids threesome eld later. He was given an eight-year forbiddance after he said he had condemned an over-the-counter communication for depression.#

In a statement, the International Olympic Committee said it had "taken state of Hamilton's accusal and module of instruction study some potential Games-related implications."

"We module occurrence (International Cycling Union) UCI and (U.S. Anti-Doping Agency) USADA for further information," the IOC said.

(Additional news by Julien Pretot in town and Karolos Grohmann in Berlin)

(Editing by Justin Palmer)

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