(Adds quotes, details) By Julian Linden NEW YORK, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Lance Armstrong says he received the "death penalty" for using performance-enhancing drugs and lying about it for over a decade, but the disgraced cyclist still harbors a strong desire to compete and hopes his lifetime ban will one day be lifted.

Jan. 18 (Reuters) - Reuters U.S. sports schedule at 2 p.m. EST on Friday: - - - - The duty editor is Steve Ginsburg, 202-898-8427 - - - - Lance Armstrong fallout The Interview, Part II NEW YORK - The second part of Lance Armstrong's interview with Oprah Winfrey. (CYCLING-ARMSTRONG/ (PIX), expect by 0300 GMT/ 10 PM ET, by Julian Linden, 800 words) - - Armstrong confession a convenient truth, says WADA

By Melanie Warner AUSTIN, Texas, Jan 17 (Reuters) - At a bike shop in a hilly area of Austin, local cyclists gathered on Thursday over beer, wine and pizza to watch disgraced cyclist and Austinite Lance Armstrong confess to Oprah Winfrey that he used performance-enhancing drugs.

LONDON, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Lance Armstrong has been stripped of his 2000 Olympic bronze medal, an International Olympic Committee (IOC) official told Reuters on Thursday. American Armstrong has been stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and banned for life by the International Cycling Union (UCI) after riders testified that he took drugs. He is due to appear on U.S. television later on Thursday and reports say he will confess. (Reporting by Kralos Grohmann; Writing by Mark Meadows, editing by Ed Osmond)