Banned Aussie Swimmer Shayna Jack Makes Long Awaited Return To Racing At Queensland State Championships<\/strong><\/p>\n

After an agonising nightmare that lasted some two years and five months, Shayna Jack<\/strong> will finally make her long awaited return to competition at next week\u2019s McDonald\u2019s Queensland State Swimming Championships (Sunday, December 12).<\/p>\n

The 23-year-old served a two-year suspension for returning a positive test for the banned substance Ligandrol on the eve of the 2019 Fina World Championships in Gwangju.<\/p>\n

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GET SET: For a Shayna Jack return. The former star looks ready to rip. Photo Courtesy: FINIS.<\/p><\/div>\n
Her first of five events at the Brisbane Aquatic centre at Chandler will be in the 100 metres freestyle as she eyes off a return to the Australian team for next year\u2019s Fina World Championships and the Birmingham Commonwealth Games.<\/p>\n
Jack became free to return to training in September<\/a> after an appeal lodged by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and Sport Integrity Australia (SIA), for Jack to serve the full four-year suspension, was dismissed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).<\/p>\n
It was the end of a painful chapter and a drawn out saga that saw Jack tossed around like a pawn in a now-questionable doping system that would cost her an Olympic berth in Tokyo.<\/p>\n
Tracey Holmes, <\/strong>the respected ABC <\/em>sports journalist, who followed the Jack case closer than most wrote: \u201cThe decision marks a significant shift in the CAS\u2019s handling of such cases which until now has been reluctant to show any leniency requiring athletes to prove their innocence by showing how banned substances entered their system.<\/p>\n
\u201cSome anti-doping experts have argued for some time that innocent athletes are being caught in the anti-doping net as the technology used in testing has improved at a much faster rate than the ability to ensure against contamination in the production of supplements and pharmaceuticals that should otherwise not contain banned substances.<\/p>\n
\u201cFoods, meats and drinks have also been found to contain banned substances through contamination making it virtually impossible for an athlete to produce the evidence that would clear them of guilt.\u201d<\/p>\n
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HI FIVES: Australia’s premier relay team with Shayna Jack (left) celebrate Commonwealth Games gold. Photo Courtesy: Delly Carr\/Swimming Australia Ltd.<\/p><\/div>\n
Jack, her supportive coach Dean Boxall<\/strong> and her St Peters Western teammates in Brisbane have been in her corner all along and will herald her return.<\/p>\n
She invited all, through her Instagram <\/em>account with \u201cWho\u2019s coming out to Queensland States this year?\u201d Generating enormous interest for her return.<\/p>\n
When the news broke that she was back, Jack herself responded to the decision on Instagram<\/em>, describing herself as ‘overwhelmed with joy.\u201d<\/p>\n
“After a two-year-and-three-month battle, I have finally received my final decision that my appeal case has been dismissed by the Court of Arbitration,” she posted.<\/p>\n
“I am now free to do what I love with no restrictions and am so overwhelmed with joy. I am now going to take some time to cherish this moment and reflect on what I have endured. The nightmare is over.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jack has entered five events \u2013 with the 100m freestyle next Sunday, December 12, marking her official return to competitive swimming at Queensland\u2019s premier meet beginning on Saturday December 11, concluding on December 17.<\/p>\n
She will also contest the 50 metres freestyle, backstroke and butterfly and the 1500m freestyle.<\/p>\n
Here is your guide to the QLD STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS:<\/strong><\/p>\n
QLD STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS \u2013 ENTRY LIST BY TEAM<\/a><\/p>\n
PROGRAM OF EVENTS<\/a><\/p>\n
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