Banned swimmer Shayna Jack breaks her silence with a VERY bizarre theory

Banned swimmer Shayna Jack breaks her silence with a VERY bizarre theory on how steroid could have entered her bloodstream

  • Jack has said contamination could be reason she tested positive for Ligandrol
  • 21-year-old is still waiting for an official hearing following failed test in July 
  • The banned swimmer cited an athlete who inadvertently consumed cocaine

Banned Australian swimmer Shayna Jack has claimed she tested positive for a banned muscle-enhancing substance because of accidental contamination.

The freestyle star, 21, tested positive for Ligandrol during an out-of-competition test in Cairns in July.

Jack – who is still waiting for an official hearing following the failed test – has now broken her silence in a televised interview to maintain her innocence.

Banned Australian swimmer Shayna Jack (pictured) has claimed a kiss could be the reason she tested positive for a banned muscle-enhancing substance

On The Sunday Project tonight, Jack will say she was told anything she came into contact with prior to the test could have contaminated her sample. 

She will say: ‘There was a case in the past called the “kiss cocaine case” where someone had taken cocaine and then the partner, who was an athlete, kissed that person and they were contaminated because they had contact with something someone else had taken.’

That may have been a reference to Canadian pole vaulter Shawn Barber – who was allowed to compete at the Rio Olympics despite testing positive for cocaine.

He avoided a two-year suspension after claiming succesfully the drug was passed on to him when he kissed a woman he met on Craigslist. 

Jack will also reveal the financial strain she had placed herself under to clear her name.

‘I’m 21-years-old and I’m paying for a lawyer, a barrister, testing fees – it’s more than what my parents could pay, with them having a house mortgage. I didn’t want them to have that, so I have taken all of the hit.’

The freestyle star, 20, (left with her mother Pauline leaving an ASADA briefing in Brisbane in August) tested positive for Ligandrol in August during an out-of-competition test in Cairns in July

The freestyle star, 20, (left with her mother Pauline leaving an ASADA briefing in Brisbane in August) tested positive for Ligandrol in August during an out-of-competition test in Cairns in July

The former World Aquatics Championships silver medalist (pictured in July) added her partner Joel Intala, a hockey player, had helped her get through the torment of social media bullying

The former World Aquatics Championships silver medalist (pictured in July) added her partner Joel Intala, a hockey player, had helped her get through the torment of social media bullying

The former World Aquatics Championships silver medalist added her partner Joel Intala, a hockey player, had helped her get through the torment of social media bullying.

‘Recently, I had one of those days and the one thing he did was just bring my dog, Hugo, in. That dog made a big difference in my life. My dog wouldn’t judge me. He knows when I’m upset,’ Jack said. 

If the 21-year-old fails to prove her innocence to ASADA (Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority), she faces being banned from the sport for up to four years.

If the 21-year-old (pictured celebrating her birthday last month)  fails to prove her innocence to the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority, she faces being banned from the sport for up to four years

If the 21-year-old (pictured celebrating her birthday last month)  fails to prove her innocence to the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority, she faces being banned from the sport for up to four years 

Leaving a hearing in August, she said she would leave no stone unturned in her quest to clear her name and return to swimming.   

‘I’m really happy with how everything is going,’ she said.

‘I’m not going to stop until I prove my innocence and fight to get myself back in the pool because that’s my dream and I’m never going to let that go.’

Jack was part of Australia’s 4x100m freestyle team that set a world record last year.  

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