Shelby Houlihan's early commitment to 2025 Drake Relays CELEBRATED at Drake basketball game

Shelby is free, yes, good for her. Sure, let her compete.

But how does the sport benefit from having this drug cheat back?

We celebrate a felon, racist, bigot and rapist as our president, so are you really surprised a doper is being celebrated? This is what the new MAGA world is all about, celebrating criminals.

Runnersworld. Stride report. Letsrun. All of the running media are writing about her. There have been more threads about her than anyone. Her competitiveness will drive the competition to improve. She is great for the sport.

Well, in the US, yes, lots of publicity. Maybe in Canada too? Regardless, I don't think all this focus on our returning doper is positive. It does not throw a good light onto T&F imho. Unless we go with "all publicity is good publicity".

I recall how upset Lord Coe was when Gatlin started winning medals after his comeback from his doping ban. He definitely did not see his return as "good for the sport".

For example

edition.cnn.com

Sebastian Coe: ‘Queasy’ at idea of Justin Gatlin beating Usain Bolt | CNN

Motez Bishara,Amanda Davies

British double-Olympic 1500m champion Sebastian Coe says the idea of Justin Gatlin beating Usain Bolt in the World Championships would make him “queasy.”

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theguardian.com

Time is fast running out for athletics to act on the scale of problems it faces | Sean Ingle

https://www.theguardian.com/profile/seaningle

As president of the IAAF, Lord Coe needs to confront every uncomfortable truth, no matter how damaging they are to the sport

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(Steve Cram too)

cbc.ca

Sebastian Coe thinks Justin Gatlin should have been banned for life | CBC Sports

IAAF president Sebastian Coe didn't spare any feelings when talking about Justin Gatlin and his win in the 100-metre at the track and field world championships over the weekend, saying he's "not eulogistic at the thought of s...

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Coe, the IAAF president, told the BBC that he's "not eulogistic at the thought of somebody who has served two bans in our sport walking off with one of the biggest prizes our sport has to offer."

Fortunately Houlihan is a level below Gatlin (so far). Can't see here becoming a world champ; Lord Coe doesn't need to worry about that.