Swimming-Australia's Jack 'proves' her point after successful comeback from doping ban


FILE PHOTO: Swimming - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games - Women's 50m Freestyle Heats - Optus Aquatic Centre - Gold Coast, Australia - April 6, 2018. Quah Ting Wen of Singapore and Shayna Jack of Australia. REUTERS/David Gray

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Three years after becoming the pariah of Australian swimming, Shayna Jack can finally look ahead with hope after coming back from a doping ban to book her place at the world championships and Commonwealth Games.

The 23-year-old finished second behind Mollie O'Callaghan in the women's 100 metres freestyle final at national trials in Adelaide on Wednesday and burst into tears while still in the pool.

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