SHELBY HOULIHAN SPEAKS! Issues statement, does RW Q&A & 90min podcast explaining her side.

I also don't understand why she didn't take the plea deal - can you not say "yes, this stuff was in my system" and continue to feign ignorance about its origins...and only get three years? She could have still saved face. There is more to this.

She doesn't deserve 90 minutes of my time.

Regardless of if she is guilty or not, four years is a death sentence.

This should have been a one year ban not a "F*ck you, we are destroying your life 4 year ban."

I have been on the fence concerning her guilt but having had the chance to watch this and read a bit more about the evidence, I wholeheartedly support her now and can't believe how much trash she has had to endure over the last year. Almost like you fools want to hang her without her due process. She is innocent and now let her have her peace!

I agree given the context. But I wonder if they gave her the option of a shorter ban if she admitted or did not contest the findings.

Thanks for the summary, was wondering if someone could provide one.

Looks like there is little new that she had to say that would change anyone’s mind. Sometimes people want an alternate reality to be true so badly that they end up deluding themselves to the point of genuinely believing it themselves.

I think it is disgraceful that Shelby used a 16 year old kid to bring up such sensitive topics.

The kid is absolutely appropriate for hype pieces and fun interviews. But discussing things like suicide, mental health, technicalities of the case and character? I found it really weird.

No wonder the kid posted about deserving and demanding respect. He's clearly too immature for such an interview.

That's not a criticism, he did a good job given the circumstances, but, I find it appalling he was put in this position- and Shelby/Jerry/Shalene or whoever agreed that this was an appropriate environment to share this story, should ashamed of themselves.

More examples of heartfelt interviews
https://www.cnn.com/videos/sports/2011/05/20/vault.2005.lkl.armstrong.cnn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHLwdaFjDYc

This one in particular is good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1Z6xGu7oIQ

Exactly. I'm shocked that the first person that Shelby talked so openly to was a 16 year old student. Are you kidding me

Track Athletes have less than a decade, on average, do participate in their sport and make some money.

To give someone a four year ban is devastating. Especially in a case like this.

This is one of the many things that suck about T&F. Take a great promising athlete and destroy their life over this BS.

This is the same sport that Takes SAFESPORT seriously. Another authoritarian useless organization.

Gidey is clean because she hasn’t failed a WADA drug test yet, which is literally the only thing that matters though some folks don’t seem to get this simple concept.

There is no “excuse” needed. Gidey is very talented.

Okay it's just embarrassing that after a year of silence Shelby decided to tell her story to a 16-year-old's podcast. Like seriously... was the "Ali on Run Show" going to be too hard hitting?

Frankly I think she should have gone on LRC Track Talk... although I do understand why she wouldn't want to listened to RoJo's birdbrained schemes

She just needs to realize it is over she is not going to win. The IAAF and WADA have a lot more money then she does and the more she digs the more they are going to love just keeping her out of the game. She can continue to waste money fighting it personally I think she would be better off putting the time and energy into a post running career. Frankly she is just magnifying the type of person she is which is the type that does not take responsibility for her own screw up. She cheated the evidence is there and she just needs to take responsibility.

She is a convicted drug cheat that has been sentenced she needs to take her punishment.

I would say that Houlihan is even more talented than Gidey.

If you thought you were innocent you would be telling your story to anyone who would listen.

She might not be innocent. I don't know. I just know banning someone for four years in this sport is a death sentence.

The whole process is suspect.

16 or 46, he put it out there for public consumption. You give him all the participation trophies you want, but if you think the rest of us will then I'll sell that bridge right back to you at a marked-up price.

Just a guess here, but maybe because she thought it would be game over with BTC and all of those in her inner circle who continued to believe in her innocence?