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(NEW YORK) — Just days before the US Olympic Track Trials begin, Shelby Houlihan, the American record holder in the 1,500 and 5,000 meter runs, has announced on Instagram the World Anti-Doping Agency has banned her for four years because of a positive test for the anabolic steroid called Nandrolone.
In the post, the 2016 Olympian says she was notified on January 14 from the Athletics Integrity Unit, an independent body created by World Athletics that manages integrity issues in the sport, that a sample she provided on December 15, 2020, came back as an “adverse analytical finding” for the steroid and she
