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Hamilton receives eight-year ban

ESPN.com news services

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Olympic champion Tyler Hamilton received an eight-year ban from cycling Tuesday, all but ending his drug-tainted career after he admitted to taking a steroid. The penalty handed down by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency came two months after Hamilton acknowledged taking an herbal product to combat depression, knowing it included a steroid. "There's nothing to fight about," Hamilton said in an April interview with The Associated Press. Hamilton told ESPN.com he chose not ...

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