The chief executive of Swimming Australia has expressed her disappointment on Sunday after an Australian swimmer tested positive for a banned substance.
According to a statement on the official website of SwimmingAustralia on Saturday, the test was conducted by the Australian SportsAnti-Doping Authority (ASADA) on June 26, and the swimmer Shayna Jack was”provisionally” suspended from the Australian Swim Team and went backto Australia from a training camp being held in Japan.
Jack took the gold last year in the Gold Coast CommonwealthGames as part of the world record-breaking 4×100 women’s freestyle team,reports Xinhua news agency.
Local media reported that the 20-year-old swimmer”mysteriously withdrew from the world championships” earlier thismonth citing “personal reasons.””Officials initially failed to elaborate onthe circumstances behind her exit,” said The Australian. But the incidentwas revealed by a whistle-blowing local media on Saturday, which said that thecause of the swimmer’s withdrawal was due to “an abnormal A sample duringroutine, pre-competition testing.”