Shayna Jack is OUT of the world championships after slipping and breaking her hand – as Aussie swimmer targets Commonwealth Games return following two-year doping ban
- Shayna Jack is out of the world championships after she broke her hand
- The Australian swimmer slipped and suffered the damage in the heat up space
- Jack was set for a return after serving a two-year ban for doping
- The 23-year-old desires to compete at the Commonwealth Games subsequent month
Australian swimmer Shayna Jack’s world championships are over after she slipped and broke a hand in a warm-up space.
Jack had collected gold and silver medals in relay occasions forward of her scheduled particular person swims at the world titles in Budapest.
But the 23-year-old, on return to worldwide competitors after a two-year doping ban, was damage in a freak accident on Wednesday.
Shayna Jack has damaged her hand and will miss the world championships in Budapest
‘I’m broken-hearted to announce that I’ve to withdraw from the relaxation of the competitors and that I will not have the alternative to realize all the pieces I wished to,’ Jack posted on Instagram.
‘I’m nonetheless so proud of what I’ve achieved, how far I’ve include the superb teammates I’ve been capable of medal with.’
Jack stated she broke a hand ‘as a result of an unlucky incident on this morning’s coaching session’, slipping in a warm-up space.
The Australian was as a result of swim the 50m and 100m freestyle occasions after earlier making a profitable return to worldwide racing.
Jack was half of Australia’s gold-medal profitable 4x100m freestyle relay on the opening evening of competitors and added a silver medal as half of the nation’s 4x100m combined medley group.
The Australian slipped and broke her hand in the heat up space however desires to return in July
Jack stated she would now flip her consideration to competing at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham beginning July 28.
‘As I all the time do, I flip my focus to the future and that is the Commonwealth Games,’ she posted.
‘Starting this afternoon I will likely be again in the pool for a kick session.’
Jack was banned for 2 years simply earlier than the final world championships in 2019 after traces of a banned substance have been present in her system.
She was initially suspended for 4 years however the ban was lowered to 2 years.
The Queenslander has maintained her innocence of performance-enhancing doping, admitting she did not know the way she examined constructive to the banned substance Ligandrol.
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