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United States' Shelby Houlihan competes in women's 5,000 meters heat at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Back on track after her four-year ‘Burrito Ban,’ Shelby Houlihan looks to make up for lost time

By Eddie Pells - Associated Press

Shelby Houlihan, of the United States, competes in the women's 3000 meters final at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China, Saturday, March 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

U.S. runner Shelby Houlihan earns silver medal in return to big stage after 4-year burrito ban

By Eddie Pells - Associated Press

United States' Shelby Houlihan, right, reacts after finishing a women's 5000m heat during the World Athletics Championships in London, in this Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017, file photo. Banned runner Shelby Houlihan is in the lineup and will be allowed to run at U.S. Olympic track trials while any appeals she files are pending. The American record holder at 1,500 and 5,000 meters, Houlihan is on the start list for Fridays, June 18, 2021, 5,000 preliminaries. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland, File) **FILE**

Chances fade for banned runner Shelby Houlihan to race at Olympic trials

By Eddie Pells and Pat Graham - Associated Press

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, posted on social media that she’s been banned for four years following a positive test for what she concluded was a tainted pork burrito. Houlihan said she received an email from the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) on Jan. 14, 2021, notifying her that a drug testing sample returned a finding for the anabolic steroid nandrolone. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File) **FILE**

Doping and burritos: Shelby Houlihan case looms over U.S. Olympic track and field trials

By Eddie Pells and Pat Graham - Associated Press

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. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Record-setting American runner blames pork burrito for positive steroid test

By Andy Kostka - The Washington Times