Shayna Jack's new boyfriend theory for positive drug test
The full ruling in Shayna Jack’s appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport has revealed the three theories she floated for her positive doping test.
A CAS tribunal reduced Jack’s four-year ban by half last week after ruling that she didn’t knowingly ingest the banned substance Ligandrol.
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The Australian swimmer told CAS that she probably will never know how the banned substance entered her system, after testing positive before last year’s world championships.
CAS has now published its full decision in Jack’s appeal, noting she suggested three possible sources for her positive test.
Jack said one possibility was supplements she was taking were contaminated at manufacturing.
Another possibility was the supplements were contaminated by being prepared or mixed in a blender which may have been used by her partner or brothers which, in turn, might have been contaminated or have contained Ligandrol.
A third possibility was she came into contact with the Ligandrol or ingested it as a result of using a pool and/or gym open to the public in Townsville or Cairns while training in May and June last year for trials for the world championships.
“The applicant candidly admitted that she did not know how the prohibited substance came to be in her system,” the CAS findings said.
“She offered the possibilities ... as the only possibilities she could think of.
“There is simply no evidence ... that any of these speculative possibilities was in fact the reason for the presence of the prohibited substance in her system.”
Shayna Jack maintains her innocence
Jack told the hearing she had never knowingly touch Ligandrol in her life.
“The positive finding ‘killed’ me,” she told CAS.
“I want to be a role model. I want to make people proud of me.
“I am now so paranoid. Every day I am scared.”
Jack had been drug tested 10 times between February 2018 and June 26 last year - the date of her positive test. All other tests produced a negative result.
CAS’ sole arbitrator for the appeal was Sydney QC Alan Sullivan, who found Jack a wholly credible witness.
“She appeared to be completely straightforward, genuine and honest in the answers she gave,” the CAS decision said.
“Her dismay and upset at the situation she found herself was evident.
“The applicant did not come across ... as someone who would intentionally cheat by deliberately taking a prohibited substance.”
with AAP
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