Bigger questions for me is:
- Why wasn't the B-sample result treated as an ATF as foreseen in the TD2021NA?
Because they don't have to do whatever Shelby asks and they don't have to lick her boots.
- Why was the IRMS test used against her when the TD2021NA says it may not be used?
Irrelevant to a positive test.
- What was the rationale for the one CAS Panelist ruling that the AAF was not arrived at properly?
Shelby gets to choose a panelist. The AIU chooses a panelist. and there is a neutral panelist. Rulings are almost always 2-1 because of this.
- Why did the CAS "rule" commercial pork was corn-fed, after the AIU expert conceded pigs were fed soy during the pandemic? Why "rule" on that question at all as that question was not really before them.
The bottom line is that the amount of offal shelby would have had to injest to trigger a positive in her system was three times the amount she admitted to eating that night (if she actually ate offal at all, which she did not.) So corn or soy, it's irrelevant.
- Why was the possibility of medically castrated boars not considered by Prof. McGlone? There were delays in pig slaughters, and the vaccine wears off in a matter of weeks.
See my answer to the above question.
- Why did Prof. McGlone say cryptorchids were only 6-months old, given the delays is slaughtering the pigs?
See my answer to the above question.
- What considerations and adjustments, if any, did Prof. McGlone make when giving his assessment of the pork industry in the US during the pandemic compared to the pork industry pre-pandemic?
See my answer to the above question. Also, this isn't about pork.
- Why did the AIU argue that her levels were 2-3x larger than studies, when one of the experts in the case authored more than one study finding levels 20-25x more than Houlihan's, as high as 130-160 ng/ml?
Oh no, call 9-1-1. It was still a positive test and she couldn't explain where it came from.
- Why did the AIU only argue against pork meat and allege the athlete's claim was just pork stomach, when the athlete's claim was "offal" found in a pork stomach burrito? While pork stomach is "offal", "offal" is not just pork stomach.
Becuase she ordered beef. Carne asada. And she likely received beef. The chances of her getting a different burrito than the one she ordered are slim. The chances of that then being a pig offal burrito are flat out ridiculous. And once again, she'd have to eat three pig offal burritos to trigger a positive.
- Why aren't other athletes stepping forward to condemn Houlihan as a cheat? It looks like only outsider fans and journalists. Most every athlete that knows her and Jerry support Houlihan's character. Gabriela DeBues-Stafford left because of a lack of transparency and she thought she was at risk of her own violation for training together, but she said she only confirmed she never saw anything like doping at BTC.
Why do other athletes need to condemn her in order for you to believe it? they are under contracts with Nike, they have friends or friendly circles, it could be awkward for them. I'm disappointed in the lack of transparency here, but there's a reason people don't go public.