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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…
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