Shelby Press Conference

[@bobdabob]

For starters Houlihan's team has already admitted (after basically lying by inference in their press conference) that the burrito in question wasn't pork, it was beef (carne asada) that was somehow "tainted" with pork. Which they can't prove btw, we are just supposed to believe that's what happened. Not that it matters because the study they keep referring to about pork raising nandralone levels enough to pop positive involved the subjects ingesting 310 grams (over half a pound) of offal(livers, kidneys, etc) from uncastrated boar meat which is practically impossible to get in the USA and certainly not from a food truck in Portland. So we're supposed to believe 10 hours before the testers showed up poor innocent Shelby just "happened" to eat a beef burrito that actually contained over half a pound of offal from an uncastrated boar? Sure buddy...

[@UnknownUser-ce4sg]

Fucking spot on, this girl and all her little team mates at BTC are on the fucken hot sauce, idc what anyone says

[@roustabout4fun]

I am a fan of your name for...you.

[@mileskimbrough6866]

It's actually not uncommon for Latino butchers and Mexican meat markets to sell offal. You're making some good points, but overselling it.

[@veganpotterthevegan]

@@mileskimbrough6866 she'd need to eat an uneatable amount to test at double the allowable limit(it's already extremely forgiving as is).

[@UnknownUser-ce4sg]

This is just the new Oregon Project, not sure why anyones surprised; Nike athletes have been sticking needles in their bums for ages.

[@mstrunn]

@Unknown User There is no proof she injected anything and nandrolone is found in certain meats, and the amount found would have not enhanced her performance at all.

[@alexanderl9985]

The new cheat club..

[@cruzanbum3108]

Thank you.

[@a-t5380]

Cant wait for moreplatesmoredates to break this down.. Hes going to have a field day

[@jozefkovac7036]

Ms. Houlihan says that she had to google for Nadrolone.....and then I guess Google helped with coming up with a "plausible" explanation.

[@joshhigdon4951]

She would know it as "deca". That's the common game people call it, however misleading it might be.

[@veganpotterthevegan]

@@joshhigdon4951 For decades, people have used both terms interchangable. Even if all Deca is nandrolone but not all nandrolone is deca

[@weekendtech9917]

Perhaps the reason why Quigley left BTC?

[@alexanderl9985]

maybe she was on peds herself, and just couldn't take it any more.

[@thedavidboyd]

Which burrito stand specifically? So I know to avoid it

[@DeviantDork]

Haha hahahahahaha

[@joshhigdon4951]

The one that has magic swine that increases red blood cells.

[@e.marrufo209]

I call bullshit! I'm pretty sure she's on a strict diet. What was it a cheat day...... literally 😂

[@joshhigdon4951]

Hahaha! Good one

[@roustabout4fun]

That is a good one/! haha

[@a-t5380]

Crazy how people just assume she is telling the truth lol a burrito? Lol steroid use is rampant in professional sports especially endurance sports...

[@joshhigdon4951]

And especially steroids that increase red blood cell count, like nandrolone does.

[@lilianhayes3955]

How could neither Jerry nor Shelby have known what nandrolone is? I find this rather suspicious especially for Jerry. For me, even if it entered Shelby’s body by mistake it still entered at significant enough levels to confer an advantage.Ignorance does not equal innocence. It’s a really sad case but unfortunately if due care was not taken to prevent accidental dosing the consequences cannot be avoided.

[@mstrunn]

@Lillian The amount found would not have given her any advantage, Nandrolone is for recovery not enhancement of performance.

[@queenemonihughey537]

Wow....what a wonderful eulogy.....the tears are flowing....😢😢😢😢

[@dylanmorin6468]

Tears of fear for getting popped themselves.

[@christopherfoster968]

There's only the odd person that amits drug cheating. Cheaters, liars are all deluded from realism, they believe they won't get caught and face consequences. They believe they've done no wrong!

[@stevenjm12]

She tested positive for synthetic nandrolone. Even if you could somehow get the crazy elevated levels that Shelby tested for from eating pork, it would not explain this point.

[@joshhigdon4951]

It's not even about synthetic because tests don't differentiate between the 2. Its about how high the levels were. Nandrolone is not a hormone that is bioavailable orally, so it had to be injected, or she has a rare genetic disorder that her body produces freakishly high amounts naturally. I know of no such disorder and cannot find one online. Might be a 1 in 8 billion disorder lol.

[@johndoe-ks3hj]

@@joshhigdon4951 broooo all the research has been laid out here for us. No need for anyone to research, they figured it out for us!!!!! BuRrIto!

[@joshhigdon4951]

@@johndoe-ks3hj hahaha! True dat

[@roustabout4fun]

I have heard that there is still hope with the Swiss Federal Tribunal for the last appeal. I hope they will use common sense and look at all the pieces and parts of the facts. I am a Supporter not 99% but 100%. Hope there is hope...I want to believe so,

[@Throw-ct7cv]

What a cope 😂

[@runner2008]

Did they go back to the taco stand and order the pork items on the menu and get them tested? Is that possible?

[@ggardner5784]

The taco stand only appears every 100 years.

[@ricardo_valadez]

@@ggardner5784 😂😂😂😂

[@endlesscyclist1212]

Why not call it "Burrito Track Club"?

[@ggardner5784]

I wish this press conference had more facts and fewer emotions. I'm sure the food truck still exists, test a burrito from it for pig offal. Show the receipt! Shelby said she passed a polygraph, where are the results for that? I don't think we should simply take somebody's word in something like this. Present the evidence.

[@UnknownUser-ce4sg]

Exactly G Gardner. The problem is that the evidence doesn't exist. Thats why their tactic is to go after the credibility of the testing authorities in a bid to try and gain public sympathy. The burrito story is bullshit

[@ggardner5784]

@@UnknownUser-ce4sg unfortunately, it sure seems that way.

[@curtissherrill9903]

Pray about it

[@markbateman9222]

It might just be possible that eating some part of a male pig could have brought about the positive test - but is it even remotely likely? No doubt any positive test, for similar substances, could be explained away by some similar explanation. So many questionable statements by the athlete herself. If she isn't interested in money why does she run for the most ruthless, money orientated sports company in history? She could run for a company that has higher moral standing - but which wouldn't pay as much! Coach and athlete never heard of nandralone? This I simply cannot believe. Surely as an experienced coach he should have examined the list of banned substances, if only to make sure that his athletes don't make silly mistakes in their everyday lives, where he would have come across the banned substance. If we are to believe the coach every US athlete who tests positive is the victim of a huge injustice - but it's OK to ban athletes from all other countries. The IAAF banned all Russian athletes on the basis that some of them tested positive. Never heard these coaches protesting about the injustice of that -but maybe the ban helped their athletes win medals and top rankings?

[@elizabethfischer4369]

I am so sorry for your Loss. Do NOT GIVE Up! I still believe in "Innocence before guilt. They should ha ve to prove your guilt! I believe in your Truth! Everything happens for a reason and Maybe God is making you the Ginnie pig! Be proud of your abilities, be tough and "STAND ON YOUR TRUTH"!

[@joshhigdon4951]

"Your truth" as if thats THE truth? You know there is only black and white, and truth is not subjective, right?

[@stevenjm12]

Yes. Innocent until proven guilty and she was proven guilty here.

[@juliepowellco]

A god that uses people as Guinea pigs? No thanks.

[@twinsalience275]

“More investigation is required.” I’d like to know why this particular substance is on the banned list in the first place, and how it would provide an athlete with an unfair competitive advantage. That IS what it’s about, right?

[@mkhartnett]

More recently, nandrolone decanoate has been shown to increase lean body mass (LBM) and improve physical performance (16), and resistance exercise training has been shown to increase strength and improve physical performance (17).

[@twinsalience275]

@@mkhartnett In what concentration in the body (relative to body size)? Knowing that threshold old answer some key questions. ty for this information.

[@joshhigdon4951]

Nandrolone is a top anabolic steroid for endurance athletes due to its ability to increase red blood cell production. That's the draw to it. A runner, for instance, would benefit greatly from it.

[@stevenjm12]

@@joshhigdon4951 its not commonly used by distance runners

[@joshhigdon4951]

@@stevenjm12 you're mistaken. Increase of red blood cells is what all endurance athletes strive for. This is why natural runners, swimmers, cyclists, etc are so meticulous about their diets. You'll not find many Olympic hopeful athletes in endurance games being vegan. Red meat, red meat, dark leafy greens, and iron supplements. In women, nandrolone is hard to beat for endurance. And it not being highly androgenic helps them remain feminine.

[@mahleezy]

Canelo took her to the food truck

[@ricardo_valadez]

Canelo? Canelo Alvarez?

[@mahleezy]

@@ricardo_valadez yeah it was a joke bro don't take it seriously

[@ricardo_valadez]

@@mahleezy oh I get it now 😂😂😂, I thought canelo had said some similar shit

[@VAFranky]

If she’s passing polygraph tests (if that’s true) I wonder if there could be another more plausible explanation like a trainer gave her stuff etc. Just speculating, if she’s actually passing polygraph tests that would seem to add more to the possibility of her telling the truth.

[@cz2165]

Shelby made me not believe her when she wrote she had never heard of nandrolone. Even I have heard of that. I’d bet Most Olympic fans have heard of it. That makes me not believe the rest of what she wrote.

[@Me_Myself_and_I_Am_What_I_Am]

Keep Fighting for the Clean athletes!

[@DeviantDork]

"I got duped by a steroid burrito!" He sounds like he got caught....

[@runintheabyss_Z.A]

Keep fighting 💪💪💐

[@hiseminencetheholymacdiarmada]

BUSTED! 🤣

[@jacksonbaker2763]

@royal cakez nope, guilty.

[@stevenjm12]

@royal cakez except they found synthetic nandrolone in her system. Even if what you say is accurate and she ate pork, it would not account for the synthetic nandrolone

[@AnonymousB460]

@royal cakez do you know how much meat would have to be in that burrito to raise them the levels that high?

[@firefight33]

Lying is appropriate when the general public knows literally nothing about the topic in question. If you're a professional athlete you have a single-minded, almost religious focus on optimizing performance on some date or range of dates in the future. Basically nothing else matters, and if you're not doing everything you possibly can to optimize performance, you're just choosing to take a hit in an insanely top-heavy rewarded competitive structure. The top ends of doping reference ranges have to be quite liberal to account for large potential natural variation. The true legality of doping is to simply be under the reference ranges, not to have none of the hormones in question. Under the reference range? legal. Over? illegal. Simple. Athletes microdosing PEDs actually just has the effect of leveling out the playing field from some natural variation (at the highest levels of competition), in a relatively safe manner. There are only about 100 elite-level competitive athletes in the world in any event at any given time, who the hell cares what they do to optimize performance? It doesn't affect the general public, or even the vast majority of serious hobbyists. Meanwhile, the response from the public is everything to the professional athlete. Admitting this at the current time would mean cutting funding, and a bunch of unnecessary bs. Instead it's much more reasonable for her and her coach to protect their livelihoods, and probably the integrity of the whole team by lying about something that is not even unethical, and none of the public's business anyways.

[@christianondo9637]

If it’s not allowed, then it’s inherently unethical for her to dope because it puts those who don’t cheat at a disadvantage and devalues their hard work. If it is allowed, then everyone does it and then it’s completely fair. Also, just because it doesn’t affect the public doesn’t mean that it’s not unfair to her fellow competitors. What she’s done is wrong and her attempts to make excuses are pathetic.

[@firefight33]

@@christianondo9637 I'm arguing that it's an unavoidable dilemma. The reference ranges for naturally produced hormones in the body like testosterone have to include the very high end of natural levels, and then produce a very low false positive rate in those people. As a normal athlete you can actually take considerable amounts of PEDs and still have a very low chance of being detected. Probably we can do better by following historical individual hormone levels, rather than letting everyone fall under the same standard. As far as inherent unfairness goes, what about people too poor to travel for altitude training? Or access to great coaches, PT's and training facilities? What about shoe sponsors? What about being genetically gifted with high test levels? What about the time they allowed intersex athletes to compete in women's events? There is little that is fair about competing in athletics at a high level. I'd argue that this actually promotes fairness by normalizing hormone variability, and since access to PEDs are not too hard to come by.

[@christianondo9637]

@@firefight33 you missed my point. I’m saying that purely by virtue of something being prohibited, it is inherently unfair for her to use it. All of the things you pointed out are completely legal. If you think this stuff should be legal then that’s a completely separate conversation. The point is that because they are currently not allowed, she has gained an advantage over those not willing to break the rules. The fact that a rule-breaker gains an advantage over a rule-follower in this scenario is obviously morally wrong.

[@joshhigdon4951]

Due to nandrolones ability to increase red blood cell count, a runner qoupd benefit greatly from it.

[@nathanenns]

Shelby 💔💔💪🙏

[@queenemonihughey537]

Wellllll.....rules are rules.....🤷🤷🤷

[@johnlvs2run]

The same people who've had no compassion for others in the past - now want special treatment for themselves. These people are hypocrites, and deserve no special treatment.

[@keithv3767]

What are you referencing?

[@itsyagirrrl]

I am also curious. What happened?

[@SubconsciousNarration]

Hmmmm.

[@kyleebrock]

It was the BBQ?

[@neilwooldridge8692]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣😜

[@ricardo_valadez]

Ima start eating burritos now 🌯

[@keithblain8763]

I believe Shelby! Hopefully Shelby can get an injunction.

[@elisfauxhawk7499]

Blaming a burrito, seriously? If she gets pregnant with a child that isn't her boyfriend's or husband's, she'll blame a cucumber.

[@Albinodragon80]

Cheaters out!!!