SHOCKING DEVELOPMENT!!! - Shelby Houlihan is running in the Olympic Trials! (Yes, Really)

Iron Bars wrote:

Hey Jonathan Gault, you got something to say now?

He's out getting his bullsh^t meter repaired. He'll get back to you after it's fixed.

Hey OP, let's watch her run!

Her employer may even have been the one to sabotage her, unbeknownst to her coaches. Maybe there are second thoughts, now, on what happened.

One question is whether Shelby will recant and run in the new shoes, hmmmm?

LET HER RUN! Yeee-hawwww!

WADAwedoing? wrote:

Now I'm confused and maybe someone can explain it to me. But under WADA rule 2.10.1- 2.11 I thought associating with a a banned doper is grounds for a 2yr ban. So here are my questions then:

1. Does competing in the OT count as association?

2.If it does count as association, how can the USATF just ignore the ruling?

3. If it is association and you can be banned for stepping on the line with her, why would anyone step on the line with her tomorrow?

1. Probably

2. No idea, but USATF probably have what they believe is a valid reason (beyond "it's under appeal" ) that they haven't publicly disclosed yet.

3. I suppose that technically they could be banned for running with Houlihan. But it is highly unlikely that World Athletics would ban US athletes just because the USATF went crazy. If I were one of the other runners, there is no chance that I would drop out of the race.

Remember, the other athletes didn't volunteer to run against a banned runner. They qualified for a race that later they found out a banned runner would be put in.

I've been trying this pork stuff the last few nights and it really works. My run this morning was fast as fuarrrrrrk. This nandrolone stuff really works.

IAAF is probably going to come out with a statement today. If this is really a game of chicken, IAAF will state that they will ban all runners who compete against Shelby at the trials.

What happens if Shelby makes it to the final and causes an incident. Say, accidentally trips Elle Purrier and Elle fails to make the top 3.

Also if Shelby makes the top 3 but subsequently gets banned later on. Surely this can be fair on the person who finished 4th.

Don't you have to ingest it several days a week to get the benefit, since it clears your system so fast? Or do the metabolites (that don't trip the test??) stick around long enough to provide benefit, even though the original PED cleared the system?

She was top 10 in the world, so probably getting tested every two weeks by urine or blood test.

Are You Serious wrote:

Riding Dirty wrote:

A variety of items have been thrown onto fields in protest, but perhaps this may be the first instance for "protest burritos?"

There is already a very long list of things that aren't allowed to be brought into the stadium for the Olympic Trials. I wonder if they will add burritos to the banned list? That would be hilarious.

Go to Target, pick up a box of Throw Throw Burrito, you'll get two foam burritos ideal for throwing.

It would be awesome to see hundreds of foam burritos littering the backstretch.

brackish wrote:

I've been trying this pork stuff the last few nights and it really works. My run this morning was fast as fuarrrrrrk. This nandrolone stuff really works.

Remember to time your races and workouts ten hours later for maximum benefit!

Let Shelby Run! wrote:

She was top 10 in the world, so probably getting tested every two weeks by urine or blood test.

Yes, Flanagan confirmed this during the press conference.

whelp, it's over wrote:

more news about to drop- 4pm EST, wait for it

Yes...?

I'll say this much, SH seems to have a good sized and vocal group of supporters around her that believe her and are willing to stick their necks out for her, and that should not be discounted.

When the people that know someone are willing to defend them and not abandon them at a time like this, it is possible that they believe it to be implausible that she is a doper. And despite the wada evidence, they could be right.

I'm not saying they are and that she is innocent or a victim but if her colleagues, coaches, etc were abandoning her, that would be telling.

wakkoxc wrote:

Are You Serious wrote:

There is already a very long list of things that aren't allowed to be brought into the stadium for the Olympic Trials. I wonder if they will add burritos to the banned list? That would be hilarious.

Go to Target, pick up a box of Throw Throw Burrito, you'll get two foam burritos ideal for throwing.

It would be awesome to see hundreds of foam burritos littering the backstretch.

Go to your local high school track burrito stand. Try to eat 1 bite of an authentic mexican burrito.

Barry Badrinath wrote:

IAAF is probably going to come out with a statement today.

Hey, that would be great if the IAAF came out today and admitted the system is broken, subject to unfairness and corruption, resulting in the athletes being unfairly treated like pawns in a chess match!

Er... wrote:

So USATF is setting the stage for everyone competing in her heat (her event? the entire meet?), to be guilty of a WADA anti-doping violation. That’s some impressive work on their part. It’s almost like they don’t know the rules and regulations governing their own sport.

can someone point to this rule please?

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hmmmmmmmmmm wrote:

whelp, it's over wrote:

more news about to drop- 4pm EST, wait for it

Yes...?

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wakkoxc wrote:

Are You Serious wrote:

There is already a very long list of things that aren't allowed to be brought into the stadium for the Olympic Trials. I wonder if they will add burritos to the banned list? That would be hilarious.

Go to Target, pick up a box of Throw Throw Burrito, you'll get two foam burritos ideal for throwing.

It would be awesome to see hundreds of foam burritos littering the backstretch.

I thought you were joking about the Throw Throw Burrito, but I checked and it's a real thing! What kind of wacky entrepreneur came up with that idea?

I've played the game. It's fun. My sister plays it with her friends-she's 20, so maybe it's more popular with younger people. I had never heard of it before I played it.