Sport Integrity Australia appeals swimmer Shayna Jack’s two-year ban for taking the banned drug Ligandrol

Sport Integrity Australia has appealed the two-year ban handed to Australian swimmer, Shayna Jack.

SIA’s chief executive David Sharpe said in a statement the “decision to appeal is based on the need for clarity in the application of key anti-doping legal principles”.

“Sport Integrity Australia will always act to ensure a level playing field for athletes,” Mr Sharpe said.

Last month, the Court of Arbitration for Sport banned Jack for two years for taking the banned drug Ligandrol.

In a statement, the CAS said on the balance of probabilities, “Shayna Jack did not intentionally ingest Ligandrol and considered that she had discharged her onus of proving that the anti-doping rule violation was not intentional”.

The SIA appeal means that Jack’s…