rekrunner wrote:
Shelby’s “choice” was to expedite the process so that she could compete in the Olympic trials.
That's what she said. But since she had virtually no chance of winning, I see that as a propaganda move.
rekrunner wrote:
Any unfairness in this scenario would be whether the delay between the initial suspension and the charge was “timely”.
"delay" is judgmental. The four months between suspension (that she somehow managed to keep secret, see the propaganda remark above) and charge is - however unfortunate - not unusual. I recall even longer time periods for other athletes. As we have seen, there is a lot of back and forth between AIU + the lab + the athlete + the lawyers during that time, and of course that process has to be thorough.
I see her complaints about those four months as a propaganda move too, as I don't recall the other banned anti-doping rule violators complaining that bitterly about those months. Ultimately of course, aside from the fight to salvage some of BTC's reputation, none of that was of consequence: the ban runs from January 2021 to 2025.