The words “super” and “sperm” come to mind right about now.
If you haven’t already heard cycling champ Lance Armstrong and his girlfriend Anna Hansen are expecting their first child together.
Ordinarily, this type of star baby news would garner a few lines under the “milestones” portion of celebrity rags, but not with Armstrong. The uber athlete, who won seven straight Tour de France crowns after battling testicular cancer, is back on the front page of major publications because of his superior swimmers.
According to Armstrong’s handlers, the superhuman cyclist, who has the lung capacity of a whale, has defied modern medicine yet again. Apparently, the bike champ was able to conceive a child naturally with his current flame. This after doctors told the 37-year-old years ago that his intense chemotherapy treatments would make procreating naturally next to impossible.
In 1996, Armstrong was diagnosed with testicular cancer that spread to his brain, lungs and abdomen. Still, he went on to father three children, son Luke, 9, and twin daughters Isabella and Grace, 7, with his ex-wife Kristin Richards. The children were conceived through in vitro fertilization using sperm frozen prior to Armstrong undergoing chemotherapy.
Richards and Armstrong divorced in 2003 and since then the handsome speed racer’s Hollywood hook-ups have made headlines around the world, most notably his broken engagement to rocker Sheryl Crow and his bizarre pairing with Ashley Olsen.
Whereas I have nothing but best wishes for the expectant couple, I have to wonder how the baby announcement went down between Armstrong and Hansen.
Think about it. You’re told that you cannot conceive naturally so you live your life accordingly. Then, one day–BOOM! Hello, Daddy!
What’s more, Hansen and Armstrong have only been a couple for a few months, which makes one wonder whether the pro athlete popped the question no woman ever wants to hear: “Are you sure it’s mine?”
And what of the string of women, who formerly rode the Armstrong train, er, cycle? I wonder how they reacted to the news that they could have ended up incubating another biker babe?