This Monday, Jan. 14, 2013 photo provided by Harpo Studios Inc., shows talk-show host Oprah Winfrey interviewing cyclist Lance Armstrong during taping for the show “Oprah and Lance Armstrong: The Worldwide Exclusive” in Austin, Texas. The two-part episode of “Oprah’s Next Chapter” will air nationally Thursday and Friday, Jan. 17-18, 2013. AP /Courtesy of Harpo Studios, Inc., George Burns
LOS ANGELES–Disgraced US cycling star Lance Armstrong said in an interview broadcast Thursday that he was “sorry” for taking performance-enhancing drugs during his career and that it was a mistake.
“I made my decisions. They’re my mistake. And I’m sitting here today to acknowledge that and to say I’m sorry for that,” the seven-time Tour de France winner said in an interview with Oprah Winfrey. “The culture was what it was.”