Olympic hopes appear to dim for US runner Shelby Houlihan who blames pork burrito for a 4-year doping ban
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US middle-distance runner Shelby Houlihan, who recently learned she has been banned from the sport of track and field for four years following a positive test for an anabolic steroid, appears less likely to take part in the US Olympic Trials.
At one point on Thursday, it looked like she might be able to race at the event -- at which athletes compete to make the Olympic team -- set to begin Friday in Eugene, Oregon. "Given there is an active appeal process, USATF will allow any athletes to continue competing until the process is completed," Susan Hazzard, managing director of communications for USA Track and Field, told CNN in an email.Two families have filed a federal lawsuit against Tennessee Governor Bill Lee and the Williamson County School District, claiming their middle school kids were arrested, strip-searched, placed in solitary confinement, forced to undergo evaluations and placed on house arrest after officials misinterpreted a Tennessee statute and claimed that conversations between peers were “threats of mass violence.”
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