Cycling commentator Phil Liggett speaks of successful broadcasting career07/03/2021|8min
Cycling Commentator Phil Liggett speaks with Sky News about his long and successful career in broadcasting and a new documentary covering his life story which premiered at the Adelaide Film Festival.
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Disgraced cycling champion Lance Armstrong was so good he would have won the Tour de France without drugs, legendary commentator Phil Liggett claims.
The American doping cheat admitted in 2013 he systematically took performance-enhancing drugs for most of his career in an infamous tell-all interview with talk show host Oprah Winfrey.
Armstrong was the only cyclist to ever win seven consecutive titles between 1999 and 2005, which now have no official winner following the doping revelations.
Liggett, 77, didn t hesitate when asked if Armstrong could have won the world s most famous cycling race without drugs in his comeback from testicular cancer in 1996.
Disgraced cycling champion Lance Armstrong (pictured in 2002) won seven Tour de France titles before admitting to taking performance enhacing drugs during his career
Those who shun vaccine responsible for viral path
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February 21, 2021 10.00pm
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IMMUNISATION
Those who shun vaccine responsible for viral path
I have observed anti-vaccination protesters holding up signs stating “Not anti-vax, pro-choice”. And this is of course true; as sovereign citizens in a vibrant democracy they should have every right to exercise their own choice. But I am sure they will agree that with rights come responsibilities. Modern genetic tracing is marvellously exact and the pathways of viral infections through a population can be traced. Therefore those people who of their own choice do not take the available precautions to avoid viral infection have the responsibility to pay for all costs of treatment for themselves (but of course they must have the right to choose