With less than a week to go before the track and field Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon, Monday brought grim tidings for American distance running, to say the least. Several titans of the sport, including Molly Huddle, Shannon Rowbury, and Evan Jager, announced that they would not be taking part in the Trials due to injury. But the running gods saved the most depressing news for later in the day: Shelby Houlihan, the 1,500- and 5,000-meter American record holder, announced at an emergency press conference on Zoom that she had received a four-year ban from the sport after testing positive for nandrolone a type of anabolic steroid that is on World Anti-Doping Agency’s prohibited substance list. Although she and her legal team challenged the ruling through the Court of Arbitration for Sport, they found out last Friday that the challenge was unsuccessful. Houlihan, who is 28, came into this year as arguably the American distance runner with the best chances of medaling this summer in T
US Runner Shelby Houlihan Gets Four-Year Doping Ban Days Before Olympic Trials; She Blames Pork Burrito
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Shelby Houlihan Hit with Four-Year Ban After Testing Positive for Nandrolone
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