We changed the title to make it more descriptive so people wouldn't have to click on it if they knew what the proof was. The title originally was just "*PROOF* that Shelby Houlihan was not intentionally doping"
She has stricter drug testing on her now than ever before (and tested frequently while she was banned), and tests clean.
Yet she is still in the same fitness she was while she was "doping"
To me, this supports that she was most likely not intentionally doping before.
Discuss.
She's being tested far less than during the period she was busted. Let's see them get back up to testing her 19 times / year. Bet she either slows down or gets banned again.
Lmao so you think she held back from doping for the entirety of her ban only to come back and start doping. I hope you dont use this type of reasoning in all aspects of life.
Alright, sure, doesn’t really matter. Got banned with a PB of 9.77. Came clean. Then somehow runs faster and more consistently years later at a pretty old age for a sprinter. 9.74. What, did he just work that much harder? I love Gatlin, I think he’s good for the sport and seems like a good dude. But numbers don’t lie man.
I can start rattling off sprinters or even distance runners who improved in their 30s the numbers won't be in your favor
And how many of them (sprinters) have served drug suspensions for 4+ years, aside from Gatlin, that have had similar success? Zero? I didn't bring up Gatlin because of his age. I brought him up because he served 4+ years for doping on which he came clean. Then he comes back, years and years later, and runs a faster time than he did while he was doping. All this does, is make you think... huh.
She's being tested far less than during the period she was busted. Let's see them get back up to testing her 19 times / year. Bet she either slows down or gets banned again.
Lmao so you think she held back from doping for the entirety of her ban only to come back and start doping. I hope you dont use this type of reasoning in all aspects of life.
You have zero reading skills. TheTortoise said nothing of that sort. LMAO. But good on you to turn that into a personal attack. Shelburrito supporter, amirite?
Alright, sure, doesn’t really matter. Got banned with a PB of 9.77. Came clean. Then somehow runs faster and more consistently years later at a pretty old age for a sprinter. 9.74. What, did he just work that much harder? I love Gatlin, I think he’s good for the sport and seems like a good dude. But numbers don’t lie man.
I can start rattling off sprinters or even distance runners who improved in their 30s the numbers won't be in your favor
Please go ahead. I'll give you a heads up, focusing on top sprinters (claim was "pretty old age for a sprinter"):
Name - PR (age) Bolt 9.58 (22) Gay 9.69 (27) - doper Blake 9.69 (23) - doper Powell 9.72 (25) - doper Gatlin 9.74 (33) - doper Coleman 9.76 (23) – banned for missing too many tests Bromell 9.76 (26) Kerley 9.76 (27) Omanyala 9.77 (25) - doper Thompson 9.77 (just last year, might still improve) Carter 9.78 (24) - doper Greene 9.79 (24) - doper Lyles 9.79 (27; just last year, might still improve) Mullings 9.80 (28) - doper Jacobs 9.80 (26) Conclusion: Gatlin was the oldest of the fastest 15 sprinters by five years when setting his PR. thesmallchungus was correct.
Lmao so you think she held back from doping for the entirety of her ban only to come back and start doping. I hope you dont use this type of reasoning in all aspects of life.
You have zero reading skills. TheTortoise said nothing of that sort. LMAO. But good on you to turn that into a personal attack. Shelburrito supporter, amirite?
So you're implicitly agreeing that this type of reasoning is dumb. 🍻
Dopers typically dope after their return, despite the heightened scrutiny.
True. This case is even worse: USADA started to decrease her testing in 2023, and stopped testing her in September 2024 - temporarily I hope. And maybe the AIU will come by, ideally right after a Bachelorette party.
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