{"id":565194,"date":"2021-06-16T09:51:34","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T13:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=565194"},"modified":"2021-06-16T09:51:40","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T13:51:40","slug":"burrito-excuse-not-enough-shelby-houlihan-banned-four-years-after-testing-positive-for-anabolic-steroid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/burrito-excuse-not-enough-shelby-houlihan-banned-four-years-after-testing-positive-for-anabolic-steroid\/","title":{"rendered":"Burrito Excuse Not Enough: Shelby Houlihan Banned Four Years After Testing Positive For Anabolic Steroid"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fburrito-excuse-not-enough-shelby-houlihan-banned-four-years-after-testing-positive-for-anabolic-steroid%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=565194&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1206535891.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><span>We\u2019ve heard an array of reasons from athletes as to why they have tested positive for banned substances over the years. From tainted B-12 shots to fertility drugs, athletes have been coming up with explanations for their positive tests for years.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>We now have a new one. A pork burrito.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The American record holder in the 1,500 and 5,000 meters \u2014 Shelby Houlihan \u2014 revealed Monday that she has been banned for four years from competition after a positive test for the anabolic steroid nandrolone was upheld.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Houlihan<\/span> claims the results of the test more than likely come from the consumption of offal \u2014 pig organs \u2014 which she ate just hours before the test was administered. According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/10861987\/\">National Library of Medicine<\/a>, the consumption of pork can lead to high levels of nandrolone.<\/p>\n<p><span>Houlihan appealed the ruling by the Athletics Integrity Unit who provisionally banned her in January, but was informed on Friday that the unit did not accept her explanation as to why the substance was in her system.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"25\">\n<p><i><span>On January 14th, 2021, I received an email from the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), informing me a drug testing sample that I provided on December 15th, 2020 has returned as an Adverse Analytical Finding for an anabolic steroid called Nandrolone and that I am therefore subject to an immediate Provisional Suspension. When I got that email, I had to read it over about ten times and google what it was that I had just tested positive for. I had never even heard of nandrolone.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>I have since learned that it has long been understood by WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency) that eating pork can lead to a false positive for nandrolone, since certain types of pigs produce it naturally in high amounts. Pig organ meat (offal) has the highest levels of nandrolone.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>In the following 5 days after being notified, I put together a food log of everything that I consumed the week of that December 15th test. We concluded that the most likely explanation was a burrito purchased and consumed approximately 10 hours before that drug test from an authentic Mexican food truck that serves pig offal near my house in Beaverton, Oregon.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CQHnnb5h6Ht\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"13\" readability=\"0\"><\/blockquote>\n<p><span>The <\/span><span>Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) put out a statement on Twitter on Tuesday, confirming <\/span><span>Houlihan\u2019s ban.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has upheld the AIU\u2019s charge and banned Shelby Houlihan of the USA for 4 years, starting 14 Jan 2021, for the Presence of a Nandrolone metabolite, a violation of World Athletics Anti-Doping Rules.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"11.046575342466\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has upheld the AIU\u2019s charge and banned Shelby Houlihan of the USA for 4 years, starting 14 Jan 2021, for the Presence of a Nandrolone metabolite, a violation of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WorldAthletics?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WorldAthletics<\/a> Anti-Doping Rules.<br \/>\ud83d\udc41\ufe0f\u2b07\ufe0f<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cBkQOqSHT4\">https:\/\/t.co\/cBkQOqSHT4<\/a><br \/>1\/2 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fceWAkCZpD\">pic.twitter.com\/fceWAkCZpD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Athletics Integrity Unit (@aiu_athletics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aiu_athletics\/status\/1404738041953009665?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>The announcement comes before the start of the U.S. Olympic track and field trials in Eugene, Oregon. The ban will not allow <\/span><span>Houlihan<\/span><span> to compete in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics or the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Houlihan wrote that she passed a polygraph test and had a sample of her hair tested.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWADA agreed that test proved that there was no build up of this substance in my body, which there would have been if I were taking it regularly,\u201d Houlihan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/olympics\/story\/_\/id\/31634146\/us-champion-shelby-houlihan-banned-four-years-testing-positive-steroid-distance-runner-says-social-media\">continued<\/a><\/span><span>. \u201cNothing moved the lab from their initial snap decision. Instead, they simply concluded that I was a cheater and that a steroid was ingested orally, but not regularly. I believe my explanation fits the facts much better \u2014 because it\u2019s true. I also believe it was dismissed without proper due process.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/olympics\/story\/_\/id\/31634146\/us-champion-shelby-houlihan-banned-four-years-testing-positive-steroid-distance-runner-says-social-media\">ESPN<\/a><span>, Houlihan broke the U.S. 5,000 meter record with a time of 14:23.92 last July and set the 1,500-meter record in October 2019 with a time of 3 minutes, 54.99 seconds.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Houlihan continues to claim her innocence, saying she has \u201cnever taken any performance-enhancing substances\u201d in her statement on Instagram.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI want to be very clear. I have never taken any performance-enhancing substances. And that includes that of which I am being accused,\u201d Houlihan <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/olympics\/story\/_\/id\/31634146\/us-champion-shelby-houlihan-banned-four-years-testing-positive-steroid-distance-runner-says-social-media\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cI believe in the sport and pushing your body to the limit just to see where the limit is. I\u2019m not interested in cheating. I don\u2019t do this for the accolades, money, or for people to know my name. I do this because I love it. I have so much fun doing it and it\u2019s always the best part of my day.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>Joe Morgan is the Sports Reporter for The Daily Wire. Most recently, Morgan covered the Clippers, Lakers and the NBA for Sporting News. Send your sports questions to <\/i><i>sports@dailywire.com<\/i><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve heard an array of reasons from athletes as to why they have tested positive for banned substances over the years. 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