Shelby's side of the story from wapo

Every convicted doper should get there own article.

Wa Po stated: ... she said had a trace amount ... . Wa Po stated: ... experts said her story was plausible ... .

S H, without question tested positive. No trace amount. Some trolls on here stated her story was plausible.

She either got greedy and decided the heck with microdosing or S H thought she was untouchable because of a couple of U.S. running records.

A terrible read. Poorly researched and extremely one-sided and biased. Doesn't matter, that cheat was caught and banned, fortunately, and remains banned.

Another one?

Dopers rarely admit they cheated.

Remember when a well paid activist antagonized a group of high schoolers and The Post ran a story with the students as agitators? The post got sued and lost big time while the Indian rode off never to be heard again? Now journalists have to use the word “alleged” for any incident even if it’s captured on video.

Yeah! F$&k the WaPo. I’m not reading their garbage.

Good article, very in depth. The details of how this impacted her life and the fact that she even rejected the new shoes has convinced me that she's telling the truth no matter how improbable.

I've already heard enough of her perspective.

It's fine to present Shelby's point of view and talk about how the suspension impacted her, but it's irresponsible to gloss over the preponderance of evidence that she was doping. Her burrito defense is wildly, wildly implausible.

Talking about trace amounts ("picograms") is a way to win over people with no frame of reference, and looking at the wapo it appears to be working. The concentrations found in Shelby's test were well above "trace" levels!

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I was furious at the article still talking about the burrito after it came out it’s was simply a strategy from the lawyers and then finally, in the last paragraph she admits she doesn’t even know if the burrito happened. She just needed an excuse as to why she tested positive.

unreal. Glad she’s dealing with it and will be back but she flat out had nandrolone in her system. Any African with that and we crucify. Won’t make any exceptions for Shelby.

This was an article that did not need to be written. We've heard it all before. Sadly, I have no doubt that many of the Washington Post readers will fall for her side.

“She trains in isolation, coached remotely by her sister Shayla, a professional runner turned college coach.”…

how is this okay?? I know they are family, but still you now have a D1 university of Iowa coach, coaching a fellow distance runner who is still serving a doping ban??

Shelby was an outright and obvious cheater. When people strained to explain her progression by nonsense such as that she was "undertrained", it became a sad joke. Anyway, she gets her article.

I was gonna say this. How many Shelby’s side of the story pieces are we going to end up with? I wonder if the AIU will ever get fed up and plant suspicious RTP data if they have it.

Shelby is in Budapest according to the article. Maybe Rojo can find her and hand deliver an invite to the LRC meet up?

She is the best.

can we stop talking about her and not mention her name anymore, we dont need this type of person near our sport.

Then let’s hear yours. I challenge you to explain:

1) Why did Shelby refuse to wear super shoes if she’s the type of person who would use drugs?

2) Why would Shelby refuse to say she was guilty even if a confession would allow her to compete at the 2024 Olympics?

3) Why should we believe the testimony of Christiane Ayotte?

Dopers don't like to confess. Marion Jones and Barry Bonds still deny they knowingly used PEDs.