US anti-doping chief who caught Lance Armstrong says swimmer Shayna Jack is not a drug cheat
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Shayna Jack is ploughing through the water, following the black line up and down the pool, as she has for most of her life. Always wanting to go faster and then faster again until she is the fastest freestyle swimmer in the world.
It is early afternoon in Brisbane, and she is glancing up at the clock. Not to check her speed but because she is here on borrowed time. Jack can t be anywhere near any swimming squads or registered coaches. Ostracised from the sport that has been her life, she has to swim alone during public hours.
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Australian swimmer Shayna Jack has broken down talking about her drug ban as the desperate fight to clear her name continues.
The World Championships and Commonwealth Games medallist was one of the rising stars of the pool until her world came crashing down in 2019 when she tested positive to banned muscle-builder Ligandrol.
The Queenslander, 22, appealed her four year ban and had it halved in November after the Court of Arbitration found that she did not knowingly ingest the prohibited substance.
But Sport Integrity Australia and World Anti-Doping Association have since appealed the revised two-year ban to get clarity anti-doping legal principles.