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The heat may be on Swimming Australia (SA) for its handling of Shayna Jack's doping drama but the CEO of the governing body, Leigh Russell, said the sprint star could only take it on. to herself for her positive drug test.
Although Russell admits that Jack, 20, may have made a simple mistake.
Jack faces a ban that seems destined to break his dream of the Tokyo Olympics after sensationally revealing on social media Sunday that his B-spec had tested positive.
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Australian swimmer Shayna Jack faces a ban after her B-specimen tested positive for Ligandrol.
Jack says she's going to fight to clear her name.
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Russell conceded that Jack may have simply slipped and ingested something without knowing the contents.
But the CEO of the SA has no sympathy for the member of the Australian team relay world record 4x100m freestyle.
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When Mack Horton protested against the Chinese Sun Yang, he was unaware of the failure of the Shayna Jack test, while Swimming's Australian officials were aware of it.
"I think people can make mistakes and, apparently, inadvertently take things," she said.
"It requires a lot of attention and vigilance, they (the athletes) do not live like normal human beings.
"It goes without saying that from time to time, you will attract people who have not potentially realized that something is on the list.
"But it does not matter, it's their fault."
Jack may be under fire, but critics have targeted SA after keeping quiet when the sprinter told him that one sample had tested positive for a nonsteroidal anabolic agent popular with bodybuilders – Ligandrol – on the 12th July.
On the same day, she was sent home after her training camp in Japan for world titles, citing "personal reasons".
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Shayna Jack vows to fight the doping charges.
This led to the delicate situation where the few South African officials who knew Jack's positive test could only watch silently while Olympic champion Mack Horton had launched an anti-doping protest at world titles in South Korea, completely oblivious to the fact that his former teammate tested positive.
Eyebrows were then raised when Jack revealed on Instagram on Sunday that his B-Sample had also tested positive on July 19, two days before the start of world titles in Gwangju.
Russell had only referred to a sample of A when she spoke to the media Sunday to criticize Jack's positive test as "extremely disappointing and embarrbading for the national swimming team, the sport and the country" .
Russell also indicated that they were still waiting for the B test.
She added that the confidentiality required by SA's agreement with the ASADA National Anti-Doping Authority did not allow them to reveal Jack's first test sample.
Russell said Jack had planned to reveal the positive A test after closing world titles on Sunday to avoid any distraction for the Dolphins.
But the truth came on Saturday when the media announced that Jack A's sample had been tested positive, which greatly distracted the Australian team who still had two days in the campaign for world titles in Gwangju.
Former ASADA CEO Richard Ings led the chorus of disapproval regarding the handling of the issue by SA.
"Swimming Australia seems a bit out of place on this subject," he told Ten Network.
"Sports around the world announce tentative suspensions (after a sample is positive) because you can not keep a secret secret when a top athlete suddenly disappears from the competition.
"I hope the rules will change to allow ASADA and Swimming Australia to make announcements in the future."
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