ATHLETE TESTS POSITIVETOBANNEDSUBSTANCE
Swimmer’s Scandal
AUSTRALIAN SWIMMER SHAYNAJACKHAS
withdrawn from the world championshipsafter
failing a mandatory drug test onJune26.“Itiswith
great sadness and heartache thatI hadtoleavedue
to allegations of having a prohibitedsubstancein
my system,” Jack wrote on InstagramonJuly28.
“I did NOT take this substance knowingly.”
Insisting she has no idea howshecameinto
contact with the non-steroidal anabolicagent
Ligandrol, Jack revealed “there isanongoing
investigation”, which means shemaynotfulfilher
dream of competing in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
Her manager, Phil Stoneman,issueda
statement standing by Jack andrevealedshecould
have unknowingly ingested thesubstanceviaa
number of ways. “It could be meat,it couldbe
mushrooms, it could anything. Itcouldbe
something in a bottle,” he told ABCNews,before
adding, “It’s too early to speculate.”
DESPITEEARNINGA$211,00YEARLYSALARY,FORMER
deputyprimeministerBarnabyJoycerevealedheis
strugglingtosupporthistwochildrenwithex-staffer
VikkiCampionandhisfourdaughtersfromhis
previousmarriagetoNatalieJoyce.
JoycetoldTheCourierMailherarelygoesoutfor
dinnerorbuyscoffee.“Therearethousands,thousands
doingit muchtougherthanme...It’snotthatI’mnot
gettingmoney,it s justthatit s spreadsothin,Joyce
said.HeaddedthathewantstheNewstartallowance
forotherfamiliestobeincreased.However,OneNation
leaderPaulineHansonwaslessthansympatheticto
Joyce.“Alotofpeoplewouldsay‘I wishI had$211,
a year’,”shetoldtheTodayshow.“Heissayingthe
Newstartallowancepeopleneedanextrahand,which
I’vebeensayingforquitesometimenow.”
BARNABY’S STRUGGLE
getting money, it’sjustthatit’’sspreaddsootthihinn,”JoJoycycee
BarnabyJoycewith
partnerVikkiCampion
andsonSebastian.
The Duke and
Duchess of Sussex
with Jacinda
Ardern in New
Zealand in 2018.
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A SIMPLE
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Swimming Australia CEO
Leigh Russell said: “I do
think that people can make
mistakes, and seemingly
and inadvertently be
taking things ...”
Joyce with ex-wife
Natalie and their
four daughters
in 2013.
THE FORMER DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER REVEALS FINANCIAL WOES
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