Labor and employment litigator Kelly Burns Gallagher analyzes USADA’s motion to dismiss Lance Armstrong’s lawsuit against it. Burns Gallagher is passionate about triathlon and cycling when not busy with her legal day job.
by Dan Empfield, July 20, 2012
Labor and employment litigator Kelly Burns Gallagher gives fellow Slowtwitchers an analysis of Armstrong’s legal case. The arguments break down into two categories: Contract Claims; and Due Process Claims
Federal judge Sam Sparks dismissed Armstrong’s suit against USADA within hours of its filing, scolding the Armstrong camp for a “desire for publicity, self-aggrandizement or vilification of Defendants.”
The Armstrong legal team filed a motion for temporary restraining order, attempting to block USADA’s hearing process that Armstrong claims is unfair. He concurrently brought his own legal action against USADA.
The Pearl Izumi Tri Fly III got a complete makeover, and the TriFly IV is an improved shoe as a result. The closure system, heel loop, the upper, all gets a makeover in a shoe that was already good last year.
The theme of this company is to tailor a wetsuit to match a swimmer’s specific strengths and weaknesses or, more precisely, to match a swimmer’s aspect in the water.
A world class triathlete leading a major race in a the Middle East collided with an aid station volunteer. The next day his passport was seized, he was thrown in jail, and charged with attempted manslaughter.
This suit takes the daring step of removing thickness from the chest, floating the hips and legs higher, to correct body posture. HUUB, and to an extent Rocket Science, mimics this motif. Does this work?
At an extraordinary Friday meeting of World Triathlon Corporation’s board of directors, the decision was made to leave in place the anti-doping policy as written.
World Triathlon Corporation’s infamous anti-doping policy is not entirely set in stone; Armstrong’s Ironman ban not quite a done deal.
What is certainly destined to become a jewel in the worldwide series Ironman crown, WTC pulls off a great get. The North Shore event traverses a triangle incorporating Kings Beach, Tahoe City and Truckee.
A lot of triathletes are confused and conflicted by today’s action, by USADA, banning Lance Armstrong from racing triathlons. How ought the triathlon enthusiast feel about this? We’ll take a shot at answering that.
It has been reported in that Lance Armstrong “is banned from competing in triathlon,” and that, “USADA suspends Armstrong over doping investigation.” Not so.
