Lance Armstrong withdraws from US Masters swimming event
Published:Thursday | April 4, 2013 | 1:51 PM
Lance Armstrong has withdrawn from the Masters South Central Zone Swimming Championships in Texas this weekend after an objection from swimming's international governing body.
The International Swimming Federation (FINA) asked US Masters Swimming not to accept the disgraced cyclist's entry.
FINA state that the event is subject to the lifetime ban given to the 41-year-old Armstrong by the US Anti-Doping Agency.
Armstrong was set to compete in three freestyle races at the Austin event.
He had been scheduled to compete in freestyle races over 500 yards, one thousand yards and 1,650 yards against swimmers his own age or older.
Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles after deciding not to defend doping charges filed against him last August.
Armstrong was charged by the US Anti-Doping Agency in June 2012 with using performance-enhancing drugs.
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