In this Sunday, July 28, 2019, file photo, Shelby Houlihan crosses the finish line as she wins the women's 5,000-meter run at the U.S. Championships athletics meet, in Des Moines, Iowa. Houlihan, the American record holder in the 1,500 and 5,000 meters, was told she will be allowed to run in Olympic trials in Eugene this weekend, pending a review of her doping test results.
Charlie Neibergall / AP
Banned Oregon runner Shelby Houlihan is in the lineup and will be allowed to run at U.S. Olympic track and field trials in Eugene while any appeals she files are pending.
Houlihan, the American record holder at 1,500 and 5,000 meters, is on the start list for Friday's preliminaries at both distances. Though those lists were initially produced before word of her four-year doping ban went public, USA Track and Field said there were no plans to take her off.
“Given there is an active appeal process, USATF will allow any athletes to continue competing until the process is completed,” managing director of communications Susan Hazzard said.
Earlier this week, the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld Houlihan's four-year ban for testing positive for trace amounts of the performance enhancer nandrolone.
THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR:
She blamed a positive test on a pork burrito she ate 10 hours before a test in December. Contaminated meats have led to positive tests in other cases, many of which have been dismissed. But Houlihan did not receive any leniency, and her ban would keep her out of the upcoming Olympics and the 2024 Games.
It still might, but USATF doesn't want to deny her a chance to qualify if, in fact, she can be reinstated on an appeal.
“You can always resolve the outcome later, but you can’t re-run a race,” CEO Max Siegel said.
Houlihan's representatives would not say what her next move would be. Typically, when athletes lose cases at CAS, which is based in Switzerland, they appeal to that country's highest court. In time-sensitive cases, that court can issue an injunction that would allow an athlete to participate while a case is decided.
___
https://ift.tt/3p7aRb8 and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports
THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR:
Banned Oregon runner allowed to race at US trials pending appeals - OPB News
Read More
No comments:
Post a Comment