DeBues-Stafford leaves Portland over Houlihan case
Canadian middle-distance runner Gabriela DeBues-Stafford has moved to Victoria to train, citing stress around the doping ban of her former Portland training partner Shelby Houlihan and Houlihan’s continued presence around the team.
“Learning this news in mid-June almost derailed my Olympics,” DeBues-Stafford wrote. “It was a small miracle that I showed up in Tokyo in shape to run sub 4 twice in 48 hours and place 5th.” “My initial instinct when this happened [in June] was to leave,” DeBues-Stafford said in an e-mail. “Reputation is very important to me.
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