Swimmers ‘must take responsibility for what they ingest’: Trickett

FULL INTERVIEW: Former Australian swimmer Libby Trickett says Shayna Jack's doping case has revealed the "hypocrisy" and "double standards" from the sport's world governing body. Ms Jack was sent home from the World Championships while China's Sun Yan was allowed to compete. Australian swimmer Mack Horton said the Chinese swimmer cheated at the Rio Olympics in 2016 after serving a three-month doping ban in 2014. The Olympic gold medalist swimmer says it is possible that Ms Jack has taken the drug "accidentally" and hopes that is the case. “At the end of the day we have to take responsibility for what we put into our own bodies, so it is crucial that we know what substances we are taking”, she told Sky News. Ms Jack tested positive to Ligandrol - a drug used to build muscle mass and treat osteoporosis - while competing at the Swimming World Championships in Korea. ‘I had never heard of it before, let alone know how to pronounce it,’ Ms Jack said on social media. Image: News Corp Australia

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