Unit 21 Human Biology Language Awareness 6
THE COURAGE OF A WINNER
Many people will know about Lance Armstrong's seven wins in the Tour be France, but fewer people will have heard of his battle with cancer.In the summer of 1996, everything must have been going perfectly for the twenty-five-year-old Texan cyclist. He had just won a major race and was ranked 7th in the world. He had been offered contracts by big sporting companies,such as Nike, and did not need to worry about money. His future looked bright. Then, in September 1996. Armstrong went to the doctor with a problem. He should have gone earlier, but he had ignored the pain so that he could continue racing. When he went to the doctor that day, he could not have known what was about to happen to him. Within two hours, he had been diagnosed as having cancer which had spread do his lungs. There was a 40% chance he would survive and a 60% chance he might die.
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