This is ridiculous! Eating a trace amount of a naturally occurring substance is NOT doping!

La sopa de Sabadell wrote:

And rightly so.

Nandrolone is intended for injections only, as it is very ineffective taken orally. It passes internal tract too quickly and goes straight to the liver (first pass-effect), where it gets turned into useless metabolites.

In order for her to have such levels of Nandrolone, she had to consume absurd amount of contaminated pork, so CAS called bullhsit.

Yes, let's see their statement. Right now, we've heard just one side. 4 years with no reduction suggests they really really didn't buy it. Reducing to 2 years could've been easy and would've taken her to 2023.

How much warning does an athlete get before a tester arrives? There has to be a certain amount of warning so they know you will be home when they arrive. Is it possible that you have 12 to 24 hours? If so, that would give you enough time to go get yourself a burrito, from a vendor that provides the exact type of food that "might" cause a positive test. That way, if you do end up showing a positive result you have the receipts that may get you off.

If you had enough time and had concern you might trigger a positive result, isn't this the exact thing you would do to cast doubt?

What happened to her improved diet being part of the reason why she is a much better athlete? Or was the diet burritos with a side dish of nandrolone.

shane_t458597 wrote:

How much warning does an athlete get before a tester arrives? There has to be a certain amount of warning so they know you will be home when they arrive. Is it possible that you have 12 to 24 hours? If so, that would give you enough time to go get yourself a burrito, from a vendor that provides the exact type of food that "might" cause a positive test. That way, if you do end up showing a positive result you have the receipts that may get you off.

If you had enough time and had concern you might trigger a positive result, isn't this the exact thing you would do to cast doubt?

It doesn't work that way. You give them a list of time windows that you'll be available for. They then just show up randomly during one of those windows and let you know that they're there.

If you are the first person busted for it, there is obviously some leeway. If you’re stupid enough to eat a pork burrito from a Mexican food truck, knowing you are under a strict drug testing regime in the moths leading up to the damn Olympic Games, you are an idiot or a cheat. Especially after Ajee Wilson, who runs in your damn event, narrowly escaped being banned.

Just like Coleman, who knew if he missed another test he’d be done. Then, he goes Christmas shopping or some bs during his testing window.

You are a professional athlete, paid millions, it’s your job.

If you are a professional coach of professional athletes, it’s your job too!

If you’re too stupid to adhere to the professional standards of your job, you get fired.

She’s learning a hard lesson for being unable to adhere to the professional standards of her job. Welcome to the real world!!

Instead of playing video games all day and making late night runs to a damn Mexican food truck, you should have been doing your job as a professional athlete and staying on top of your responsibilities!!

The coach is as much to blame!!!

THOUGHTSLEADER wrote:

La sopa de Sabadell wrote:

And rightly so.

Nandrolone is intended for injections only, as it is very ineffective taken orally. It passes internal tract too quickly and goes straight to the liver (first pass-effect), where it gets turned into useless metabolites.

In order for her to have such levels of Nandrolone, she had to consume absurd amount of contaminated pork, so CAS called bullhsit.

Yes, let's see their statement. Right now, we've heard just one side. 4 years with no reduction suggests they really really didn't buy it. Reducing to 2 years could've been easy and would've taken her to 2023.

An average Chipotle burrito contains 85-115 grams of meat. In order for Houlihan to get 5 microg/L Nandrolone in her body, she had to have consumed at least 300g of contaminated pork.

The question is: can and would Shelby Houlihan eat three burritos?

What if she had a prior whereabouts failure. How long before the tester tries again?

She’s likely a third of the weight of those in that that study, so she’s only need one burrito.

However, if she’s stupid enough to eat a pork burrito from a Mexican food truck, while under a strict drug testing program leading up to the Olympic Games, she gets what she deserves.

Do your job better next time coach and athlete!!

You just threw away Olympic distance medals for the US for being too stupid to do your damn easy job properly.

ban for being stupid wrote:

She’s likely a third of the weight of those in that that study, so she’s only need one burrito.

Weight doesn't matter in this case, as we are not talking percentage, but the amount of Nandrolone in microg/L in urine.

300g of contaminated pork will cause the same amount of Nandrolone in a 50kg woman and a 100kg man.

I hope the food truck in question sues the crap out of her for trashing their business to the whole world with zero proof.

Athletes don't eat crappy pork.

Also,"I had to look it up ", f-in comical. Like when LA couldn't pronounce ,"Epogen or whatever "

Uh who eats pig organs and why are these food trucks allowed to sell pig meat with organs ground up.

hani saleem!@ wrote:

Black sprinter/athlete & positive test = Doper

White female US distance runner & positive test = System is broken.

I wrote the EXACT same rant on here when Jarrion Lawson got unfairly banned. Go back to CNN buddy

The AIU argued it is the athlete’s “personal duty to ensure no prohibited substance” enters his body.

So they simply do not care where Nandrolone came from, their job is to protect clean athletes and not investigate why someone has high amounts of Nandrolone in them.

https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-athletics-doping-kibet-idUKKBN2A51P5

Hardloper wrote:

hani saleem!@ wrote:

Black sprinter/athlete & positive test = Doper

White female US distance runner & positive test = System is broken.

I wrote the EXACT same rant on here when Jarrion Lawson got unfairly banned. Go back to CNN buddy

You’re either dishonest or easily conned.

Houlihan did NOT have trace amounts, your thread title and premise is BS. Go back to false information Fox News.

La sopa de Sabadell wrote:

The AIU argued it is the athlete’s “personal duty to ensure no prohibited substance” enters his body.

So they simply do not care where Nandrolone came from, their job is to protect clean athletes and not investigate why someone has high amounts of Nandrolone in them.

https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-athletics-doping-kibet-idUKKBN2A51P5

Good information.

She’s guilty, it’s sad but it’s true.

Hardloper wrote:

hani saleem!@ wrote:

Black sprinter/athlete & positive test = Doper

White female US distance runner & positive test = System is broken.

I wrote the EXACT same rant on here when Jarrion Lawson got unfairly banned. Go back to CNN buddy

Did you you really write the exact same thing? Really? This site has a search function.

Are the cases identical?

All these expensive supplements at GNC and all one needs is a pack of hot dogs. I guess Babe Ruth had it figured out. No wonder he hit so many home runs. Too bad he was doping better go back and ad an asterisk to his name.

Hardloper wrote:

I'm not even a big Shelby fan but come on! She's obviously not micro-dosing on nandrolone in the offseason.

Question-

Did they or are they tracking down the food truck from which she bought the burrito and test a sample of the pork used? and or the source from where the pork was purchased by the food truck? Even if the pork from the truck is contaminated, it's still in her system. Now what?

Also, where do we draw a line as to what is an "allowable limit" for contaminated food? Bottom line is that if there's Nandrolone in your system whether you know it or not you're still gaining the benefits. When you test positive, you simply say "Oh yeah, I had a pork burrito last night", or better yet "I eat pork every day".

There's more to this story...stay tuned.