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Record-setting American middle distance runner Shelby Houlihan tests positive for anabolic steroid

Record-setting American middle distance runner Shelby Houlihan tests positive for anabolic steroid

Record-setting American middle distance runner Shelby Houlihan tests positive for anabolic steroid
Jun 15, 2021 1 min, 28 secs

Shelby Houlihan, the American record-holder at both 1,500 and 5,000 meters, believes a positive steroid test came from a burrito.

A dominant American middle distance runner says she has been banned for four years after testing positive for an anabolic steroid that she believes came from pork in a burrito. .

Shelby Houlihan, the reigning national champion and American record-holder at both 1,500 and 5,000 meters, wrote on social media Monday that she was provisionally banned by the Athletics Integrity Unit after testing positive for nandrolone, which has been found in pork.

Jerry Schumacher, who coaches Houlihan as part of the Bowerman Track Club, called Houlihan's ban "a great tragedy in the history of American distance running" while lambasting the international organizations that design anti-doping protocols.

According to Houlihan's post on Instagram, she tested positive for nandrolone on Dec.

Houlihan noted that the presence of nandrolone in her sample was classified as an adverse analytical finding rather than an atypical finding – a small but important distinction in the world of anti-doping.

Tour de France winner Alberto Contador blamed his positive test on bad beef

And boxer Tyson Fury, who tested positive for nandrolone in 2015, pointed to wild boar meat as the reason for his result

"Inadvertent doping due to the contamination of meat or medication is a very complex issue, especially in light of the ever-growing levels of sensitivity achieved in the detection of prohibited substances by WADA-accredited laboratories," Olivier Rabin of the World Anti-Doping Agency said in a statement last month, as its "contaminants working group" continued to examine how it deals with positive tests potentially caused by contaminated meat and other substances

Anti-Doping Agency, Houlihan has been drug-tested at least nine times so far in 2021

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