Prohibited Olympic swimmer Shayna Jack has turned to a $ 130,000 fundraiser after ‘harassing her life-savers’ fighting doping prevention
- Shayna Jack tested positive for Ligandrol muscle building content in July 2019
- The original ban was suspended at 22 years after she appealed in court
- Integrity Sports Australia has appealed this decision, in need of further clarification
- Jack posted an Instagram video asking his fans to donate to his GoFundMe page
- The swimmer said she has already lost $ 130,000 of ‘life savings’ in court
A banned Olympic swimmer has started asking members of the public to donate to her GoFundMe page to file a lawsuit against a ban.
Australian swimmer Shayna Jack was banned from the sport for four years after she tested positive for Ligandrol, a black market muscle builder in July 2019.
The 22-year-old was initially banned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport for four years, but the sentence was cut in half last November after Jack’s appeal.
Her suspension was reduced to two years because the Conciliation Court found that she did not knowingly include the prohibited substance.
Prohibited Olympic swimmer Shayna Jack (pictured) has turned to raising legal fees to fight doping prevention with GoFundMe page
Integrity Sports Australia is now appealing this decision based on the need for clarity on anti-doping legal principles, seven said.
Ahead of her next audition, Jack posted a video to her 32,000 Instagram followers asking fans to donate to her GoFundMe page, so she can keep fighting.
‘I’m reaching out to you, because I’m looking for help,’ said the swimmer in the video.
Jack said her family spent $ 130,000 on ‘legal fees, court costs, trial fees and more’, when she went up against Sport Integrity Australia.
The talented swimmer said she or her family did not have the money to fight the appeal, and there is a risk that she will get the biggest ban if she does not fight the decision in court.
Ms Jack has gone to great lengths to prove her innocence, cutting strands of her hair for samples and testing her teeth to see where the traces of the illegal material came from.
Shayna Jack (left) pictured with her mother Pauline (right) arriving at the court in August 2019
Jack brought three sources to court for his forward reading, the first that his accessories could be contaminated.
Another situation was that the supplements were prepared in a blender used by her boyfriend or siblings, which could be contaminated with Ligandrol.
Her last ability was to come into contact with the banned substance while using a public pool or gym in Queensland while training ahead of the world swimming championships in May and June 2019 .
The Abritition Court said Jack admitted ‘candidly did not know how the prohibited substance came into her system’.
Shayna Jack and her team won gold in the 100m Freestyle Relay Final at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games
‘There is no evidence … that any of these speculative capabilities are in fact the reason for the banned substance in its system,’ the ruling said.
Olympic gold medalist and team player Cate Campbell has said Ms Jack is not ‘the kind of man’ who would use a performance-enhancing drug.
So far $ 6300 has been raised by GoFundMe page with eighty-one donors.
The swimmer was expected to compete in the Tokyo Olympics, but they will now watch his team from home.
“It breaks my heart every day that I can’t be in the pool with my squad friends,” said the sprint freestyle expert, fighting with tears.
‘It breaks my heart every day that I am still against those people in whom I feel that are constantly kicking me. It breaks my heart every day thinking I can never win. ‘
Jack has said that neither she nor her family had the money to fight the claim, and she is in danger of getting the biggest ban if she does not fight in court.