Swimmer Shayna Jack pens down emotional Instagram post after doping scandal

Swimmer Shayna Jack, who withdrew from the Australia team for the FINA World Championships in South Korea, has failed a doping test but said she would never take a prohibited substance "knowingly". Shayna Jack has penned down an emotional post on Instagram asking people to respect her privacy and promising full cooperation with authorities.

Shayna Jack said that she would "never intentionally take a banned substance that would disrespect my sport and jeopardise my career" in her Instagram post just minutes after the news broke out.

 

 

 

 

 

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They say a picture is worth a thousand words, in this case a picture can not describe the amount of pain and vulnerability I am feeling right now. It is with great sadness and heartache that I had to leave due to allegations of having a prohibited substance in my system. I did NOT take this substance knowingly. Swimming has been my passion since I was 10 years old and I would never intentionally take a banned substance that would disrespect my sport and jeopardise my career. Now there is an ongoing investigation and my team and I are doing everything we can to find out when and how this substance has come into contact with my body. I would appreciate if you respect my privacy as this is very hard for me to cope with

A post shared by Shayna Jack (@shayna_jack) on Jul 27, 2019 at 1:06am PDT

Shayna Jack said that she and her team would cooperate with the ongoing investigation to find out how the substance got into her body.