No surprise. PS any athlete claiming tainted meat or any other excuse, it's all desperate BS. Now they must catch all the other cheaters.
Statement from Shelby. Says it was likely due to pork she ate:
Since I started running when I was 5 years old, I’ve had dreams of running professionally, setting records, winning an Olympic gold medal and being one of the best in the world. I have always blindly believed that I was good enough to achieve those things.
As I’ve gotten older, I’ve put in more time, more miles, have become more dedicated, and have learned to genuinely love this sport. It’s what brings me the most joy. It’s where I feel the most me. I have always done it the right way. I’ve put my head down and just worked at being better year after year. I’ve stayed patient and trusted that the work and consistency would show.
I still have all of the same dreams I had when I was 5 and I’ve been incredibly fortunate to have been able to have achieved some of them. I still have others that I’m working towards. But the thing that truly drives me is the love and joy I get from what I do and the curiosity to find out what my potential is.
On January 14th, 2021, I received an email from the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), informing me a drug testing sample that I provided on December 15th, 2020 has returned as an Adverse Analytical Finding for an anabolic steroid called Nandrolone and that I am therefore subject to an immediate Provisional Suspension. When I got that email, I had to read it over about ten times and google what it was that I had just tested positive for. I had never even heard of nandrolone.
I have since learned that it has long been understood by WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency) that eating pork can lead to a false positive for nandrolone, since certain types of pigs produce it naturally in high amounts. Pig organ meat (offal) has the highest levels of nandrolone.
In the following 5 days after being notified, I put together a food log of everything that I consumed the week of that December 15th test. We concluded that the most likely explanation was a burrito purchased and consumed approximately 10 hours before that drug test from an authentic Mexican food truck that serves pig offal near my house in Beaverton, Oregon. I notified the AIU that I believed this was the source.
Although my levels were consistent with those of subjects in studies who were tested 10 hours after eating this source and WADA technical guidelines require the lab to consider it when analyzing nandrolone, the lab never accounted for this possibility. They could have reported this as an atypical finding and followed up with further testing. The anti-doping experts I have reached out to say they should have. I did everything I could to prove my innocence. I passed a polygraph test. I had my hair sampled by one of the world’s foremost toxicologists. WADA agreed that test proved that there was no build up of this substance in my body, which there would have been if I were taking it regularly. Nothing moved the lab from their initial snap decision. Instead, they simply concluded that I was a cheater and that a steroid was ingested orally, but not regularly. I believe my explanation fits the facts much better- because it’s true. I also believe it was dismissed without proper due process.
On June 11th, I received the news that the Court of Arbitration did not accept my explanation of what had occurred and has subsequently banned me from the sport for four years.
I feel completely devastated, lost, broken, angry, confused and betrayed by the very sport that I’ve loved and poured myself into just to see how good I was.
I want to be very clear. I have never taken any performance enhancing substances. And that includes that of which I am being accused. I believe in the sport and pushing your body to the limit just to see where the limit is. I’m not interested in cheating. I don’t do this for the accolades, money, or for people to know my name. I do this because I love it. I have so much fun doing it and it’s always the best part of my day.
The International Olympic Committee has set a limit of 2.0 μg/L of 19-norandrosterone in urine as the upper limit, beyond which an athlete is suspected of doping. In the largest nandrolone study performed on 621 athletes at the 1998 Nagano Olympic Games, no athlete tested over 0.4 μg/L.
Benefits of nandrolone:
More recently, nandrolone decanoate has been shown to increase lean body mass (LBM) and improve physical performance (16), and resistance exercise training has been shown to increase strength and improve physical performance (17).
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Dwightarm wrote:
https://twitter.com/jgault13/status/1404581506991992832
PATHETIC!
Dwightarm wrote:
The International Olympic Committee has set a limit of 2.0 μg/L of 19-norandrosterone in urine as the upper limit, beyond which an athlete is suspected of doping. In the largest nandrolone study performed on 621 athletes at the 1998 Nagano Olympic Games, no athlete tested over 0.4 μg/L.
The level of nandrolone reported in her sample was 5 ng/mL, according to Jonathan Gault's twitter.
Everything that Shelby has done is trashed. She has always been a cheater and always been a cheater. Her career is one of cheating and lying and deceiving others. She can go train for the local turkey trot. I hope to hell she never competes again.
duck sauce wrote:
Statement from Shelby. Says it was likely due to pork she ate:
I did everything I could to prove my innocence. I passed a polygraph test. I had my hair sampled by one of the world’s foremost toxicologists. WADA agreed that test proved that there was no build up of this substance in my body, which there would have been if I were taking it regularly. Nothing moved the lab from their initial snap decision. Instead, they simply concluded that I was a cheater and that a steroid was ingested orally, but not regularly. I believe my explanation fits the facts much better- because it’s true. I also believe it was dismissed without proper due process.
I hate that I'm so gullible in that I believe her. But maybe it's because I want to believe her.
Researchers at the Portuguese National Laboratory of Veterinary Research found that the consumption of pork meat, specifically the liver of uncastrated males, can cause the concentration of nandrolone metabolites in the urine to exceed anti-doping limits by 10 to 100 times
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AIU rejects pork fat defence for nandrolone AAF
https://www.sportsintegrityinitiative.com/aiu-rejects-pork-fat-defence-for-nandrolone-aaf/
She should have had a Big Juicy Steak!
duck sauce wrote:
Researchers at the Portuguese National Laboratory of Veterinary Research found that the consumption of pork meat, specifically the liver of uncastrated males, can cause the concentration of nandrolone metabolites in the urine to exceed anti-doping limits by 10 to 100 times
Wouldn't this be a pretty easy case to prove? If she tested positive at 5 ng/ml, I'm guessing her levels would at least be slightly higher in tests beforehand/the next week? Doesn't make sense, if one is to believe her claims. Seems like a very credible case.
The only athletes I can think of off the top of my head who have tested positive for nandrolone were Linford Christie (sprinter) and Marion Jones' 1st husband (Hunter?) who was a shot putter. Any cases of longer distances? I can't think of any.
get her outta here!
Dwightarm wrote:
If she tested positive at 5 ng/ml, I'm guessing her levels would at least be slightly higher in tests beforehand/the next week?
What tests "beforehand/the next week" are you talking about? There's only one test in question
Jenny Simpson spotted leaving food truck.
I want to believe her but it's tough.
Hate seeing Americans popped when the Ethiopians and Kenyans are just allowed to load up on EPO with impunity.
The presence of anabolic steroids, including nandrolone, in consumable parts of pork and beef at non-negligible levels is relatively well documented
That's the playing field. I never blamed Armstrong for doping because he was competing against dopers.
Is it possible that the story is true? Maybe. But professional athletes in this sport are responsible for what they put in their bodies. It's harsh but that's the supposed rule.
duck sauce wrote:
Researchers at the Portuguese National Laboratory of Veterinary Research found that the consumption of pork meat, specifically the liver of uncastrated males, can cause the concentration of nandrolone metabolites in the urine to exceed anti-doping limits by 10 to 100 times
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/pork-liver-can-cause-positive-tests-for-nandrolone-researchers-1.347406#:~:text=Researchers%20at%20the%20Portuguese%20National,by%2010%20to%20100%20times.
AIU rejects pork fat defence for nandrolone AAF
https://www.sportsintegrityinitiative.com/aiu-rejects-pork-fat-defence-for-nandrolone-aaf/
You site a 2002 article. Every elite athlete should know not to eat pork unless raised on organic farm. If you know eating commercially raised pork will cause someone to test positive for a steroid, all professional athletes should also know.