An Olympic runner was banned after testing positive for a steroid. She believes it's a false positive from a pork burrito
(CNN) Olympic runner Shelby Houlihan said she has been banned from the sport for four years following a positive test for anabolic steroids that she attributes to eating a pork burrito. The ban will prevent the 28-year-old from competing in upcoming US Olympic Trials and the Tokyo Olympic Games. The runner said she received an email from AIU on January 14, 2021, informing her that a drug test she took December 15, 2020, returned positive for nandrolone. Houlihan said after she learned of the positive test, she put together a log of everything she ate the week prior to the test. Olympic aspirations dashedHoulihan said she learned on June 11 that her explanation of the positive test was not accepted by the Court of Arbitration, prompting the four-year ban.
Source: CNN June 15, 2021 10:41 UTC
