Shayna Jack

Australian gold medallist Shayna Jack is forced to the pull out of the rest of the world championships after breaking her hand during a warm-up.

The 23-year-old, in her return from a doping ban, previously helped Australia to gold in the 4x100m freestyle relay on Saturday and silver in the mixed 4x100m medley relay on Tuesday. - Jack will sit out the rest of the world championships Gold-medal-winning swimmer Shayna Jack has broken her hand in training and will miss the rest of the world swimming championships.

Shayna Jack's first major tournament since her ban has been brought to an abrupt end due to an unfortunate ...

Prior to her injury, Jack was one of the gold medal favourites in the 100m freestyle. "I am broken-hearted to announce that I have to withdraw from the rest of the competition and that I won't have the opportunity to achieve everything I wanted to," Jack wrote on Instagram. However, Jack will now miss the remainder of the world championships after slipping and breaking her hand at the warm-up pool prior to her individual heats.

In her first international meet since 2019, Jack is forced to withdraw from the 100 free due to a hand injury and will be out of the whole meet.

Jack swam in her first meet back since her ban in December 2021. This World Championships meet was Jack’s first major international meet in three years. Australian swimmer Shayna Jack, who had the third-fastest entry time in the women’s 100 free at the 2022 World Championships, has withdrawn from the race in its entirety.

Australian swimmer Shayna Jack's world championships are over after she slipped and broke a hand in a warm-up area in Budapest.

Jack was banned for two years just before the last world championships in 2019 after traces of a banned substance were found in her system. Australian swimmer Shayna Jack has withdrawn from the world championships in Budapest after breaking her hand during a training session, she said on Wednesday.https://t.co/4pbXGRqEsc “I’m broken-hearted to announce that I have to withdraw from the rest of the competition and that I won’t have the opportunity to achieve everything I wanted to,” Jack posted on Instagram.

Australian swimmer Shayna Jack's world championships are over after she broke a hand in a warm-up area.

“Coming in here I knew I would be swimming against Ledecky on that third leg and she is one of the best swimmers of all time,” Melverton said. Meanwhile, Mollie O’Callaghan raced to her third medal of the world championships by spearheading the Australia 4x200m freestyle relay quartet to silver. She was initially suspended for four years but the ban was reduced to two years. “Starting this afternoon I will be back in the pool for a kick session.” The Australian was due to swim the 50m and 100m freestyle events after earlier making a successful return to international racing. Australian swimmer Shayna Jack’s world championships are over after she broke a hand in a warm-up area.

Shayna Jack has revealed she will undergo surgery on her broken hand following a "freak accident" at the sw...

"Coming in here I knew I would be swimming against Ledecky on that third leg and she is one of the best swimmers of all time. Post surgery the plan is to return to my teammates ... in preparation for the Commonwealth Games," she wrote. The team's efforts in the final shaved off almost four seconds from the heat swim. Meanwhile, O'Callaghan backed up from her silver medal in the 200m freestyle, winning the second semi final of the 100m freestyle in a time of 52.85 to qualify fastest for Friday's final. Melverton more than held her own against American great Katie Ledecky in the third leg with a split of 1:55.91 to handover to O'Callaghan, with the 18-year-old anchoring in 1:55.94 to touch the wall second. Wilson led off in a time of 1:56.74 to have Australia third at the first changeover, before a 1:55.27 second leg from Neale - almost two seconds faster than her swim in the heat - gave Australia the lead at the halfway point.