Performance Enhancing Drugs in sports . NEW : U.S. Olympic Committee has Armstrong 's medal , its spokesman confirms . Lance Armstrong won 7 Tour de France titles , 1 Olympic medal in his career . He also was the first American to win a gold medal at an Olympics and he is one of only 3 people ever to have been world champion on all three continents ( Europe, Asia & Africa ). The IOC asked for his bronze medal back the same day his Oprah interview aired .
NEW : U.S. Olympic Committee has Armstrong 's medal , its spokesman confirms . Lance Armstrong won 7 Tour de France titles , 1 Olympic medal in his career . He also was the first American to win a gold medal at an Olympics and he is one of only 3 people ever to have been world champion on all three continents ( Europe, Asia & Africa ). The IOC asked for his bronze medal back the same day his Oprah interview aired .