Tag: Shayna Jack

Australian swimmer Shayna Jack has reportedly been officially notified she will be suspended from swimming for four-years for failing a doping test.  

Ligandrol, which is also known by the development codes LGD-4033 and VK5211 and the name Anabolicum, was initially developed by the company Ligand Pharmaceuticals in the United States. It was patented in 2009. The results of the first human clinical trial were published in 2013, where taking Ligandrol was found to increase muscle mass without also putting on fat. The…

The International Swimming Federation (FINA) was forced to deny any involvement in leaking the positive drug result to the public. Executive director Cornel Marculescu has been very vocal in his distaste for Mack Horton’s stance against Sun Yang. Horton infamously refused to stand on the podium with Yang following allegations the Chinese athlete was tampering…

Shayna Jack has “a lot of explaining to do” if she is to reduce the four-year ban reportedly set to be imposed on her for failing a doping test, according to former Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority chief Richard Ings.