GB Paralympian Schrager given two-year ban after failed drug test

GB Paralympian Schrager given two-year ban after failed drug testImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Daphne Schrager competed in road and track cycling events at the 2024 Paralympics in ParisByEmma SmithBBC Sport journalistPublished5 minutes agoParalympic medallist Daphne Schrager insists she has "never cheated" after being given a two-year ban following an "unintentional" positive test for a banned substance.Schrager, who won a silver medal at Paris 2024, tested positive for the banned substance Ligandrol, which selectively builds muscle and bone mass.However, the ban has been backdated to start when she was initially suspended on 2 June 2025.It will end on 1 June 2027, meaning Schrager could still compete at the 2028 Paralympic Games in Los Angeles. However, she has been left out of the England squad for the Commonwealth Games, currently taking place in Glasgow.The substance was found after the 25-year-old completed an out-of-competition test last year.UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) said Schrager argued that she had been exposed to environmental contamination with two possible scenarios.She said she may have been contaminated at a gym that she had attended to receive a massage, or at a shared home address.However, a UKAD tribunal found that while Schrager had not intentionally used a banned substance, she had not proved that it was an inadvertent environmental contamination.In a lengthy statement on Instagram, external, Schrager said she had paid for hair and nail analysis as part of her attempts to prove her innocence – but because the exact source of contamination could not be proven, she had been banned."In June last year, I received news that turned my world upside down," she said. "I had tested positive in an anti-doping test for a trace amount of Ligandrol, detected at 0.0006ng, resulting in my suspension from cycling since that time."I want to be very clear: I have never cheated, nor have I ever knowingly taken any banned...