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Armstrong avoids Paris court date 1/3
A Paris court has refused to hear a
defamation charge brought by Filippo
Simeoni against seven-times Tour de
France champion Lance Armstrong.
Judicial officials revealed on Monday
that the statute of limitations had
expired and suggested that Simeoni's
lawyers had misinterpreted French law.
Armstrong criticised the Italian
cyclist in an interview with French
newspaper Le Monde in 2003.
He still faces a 7 March trial in Italy
on civil charges of defaming Simeoni.
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