Australian swimmer sent home from World Champs after failed drug test
Australian swimmer Shayna Jack has been sent home from the World Swimming Championships in South Korea, after testing positive to a banned substance.
The 20-year-old initially said she was leaving the competition due to personal reasons, though Swimming Australia has confirmed in a statement that she’d actually failed routine drug test taken two weeks ago.
“Swimming Australia tonight confirmed that swimmer Shayna Jack has been notified by ASADA of an adverse test result following a routine out-of-competition drug test conducted by ASADA testers on June 26, 2019.
“Once Swimming Australia was made aware of the adverse test result, it immediately took action – in accordance with the national policy – to provisionally suspend Shayna from the Australian swim team while a process was under way and accompanied her back to Australia from a training camp being held in Japan,” the statement read.
It comes after fellow Aussie Mack Horton took a very public stance against doping, when he refused to stand on the podium next to controversial Chinese competitor Sun Yang.
Shayna Jack maintains she didn’t do anything wrong, and that she didn’t knowingly take a banned substance.
It hasn’t been revealed exactly what substance Jack has tested positive for.
