An Olympic runner says a tainted burrito she ate led to positive test for steroid use

CNN ^ | 6/16/2021 | Jill Martin and Hollie Silverman

[simpson96]

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.

Houlihan said she was devastated to learn of the suspension from the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), an independent body that combats doping, after she tested positive for nandrolone.

Houlihan said in a post on Instagram Monday that a burrito she ate before the test contained pig organ meat, or offal, which she said can lead to a positive test for nandrolone. A study funded by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) found trace amounts of nandrolone can be found in that kind of meat and warned about the possibility of a false positive.

The ban will prevent the 28-year-old from competing in upcoming U.S. Olympic Trials and the Tokyo Olympic Games. Doping accusations and investigations have led to multiple bans of athletes and even entire countries from competing, including a two-year ban on Russia from the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

The runner said she received an email from AIU on Jan. 14, 2021, informing her that a drug test she took Dec. 15, 2020, returned positive for nandrolone.

"When I got that email, I had to read it over about 10 times and Google what it was that I had just tested positive for," she said in the post. "I had never even heard of nandrolone."

[Gay State Conservative]

Your Honor...a tainted burrito was the cause of all that heroin being in my blood.

[Red Badger]

Chipotle Defense?....................

[Rummyfan]

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.

That's a new one!

[Nateman]

It was the toilet seat! I swear! /s

[bethelgrad]

sure Jan

[ClearCase_guy]

“...and that’s really the best I can come up with.”

[rfp1234]

If you eat the pizzle, your career will fizzle.

[dfwgator]

Once I ran for you
Now I run from you
This tainted burrito you’ve given
I gave you all a girl could give you
Take my tears and that’s not nearly....ALL
Tainted burrito

[Bernard]

That’s why you should be careful and stick with the traditional food items; gas station sushi or 7-11 hot dogs on a roller that look like they have been there for about a week. Roach Coach entrees can be .... eventful.

[dragnet2]

I wonder why they don’t randomly drug test judges, cops, mayors, city councils, Congress, presidents, the Senate, etc?

[PGalt]

tainted love...: ) good song gator...you’re lucky she didn’t eat a tainted ‘gator.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZVpR3Pk-r8

[married21]

Well, burritos can certainly get you going…

[Paco]

...a burrito she ate before the test contained pig organ meat

Well if I read between the lines on that, I'd say she ate pig b@lls. It's nuts when you think about it...

[Jonny7797]

Sounds as stupid as when guys in the NFL get caught taking banned drugs.

The one I love hearing is when they get popped taking Clomid, which is a woman’s fertility drug but cranks up testosterone when taken by men....they say, oh, I was taking that drug because my wife and I are trying to have a baby.

Yeah, right.

[dfwgator]

A tainted Gator eats you.

[larrytown]

“...and that’s really the best I can come up with.”

Just ask Lance!

[\/\/ayne]

Sonoran Dogs have that, too - they sprinkle it on before wrapping the bacon around the dog.

[hardspunned]

Bob Baffert must feed them to his horses.

[Dr. Sivana]

Sonoran Dogs have that, too - they sprinkle it on before wrapping the bacon around the dog.

I LOVE Sonoran Hot Dogs! It was the first happy food surprise I found here in AZ. I guess I will have to give upo competitive running.