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Paralympics Cycling Medalist Schrager Banned 2 Years for Positive Doping Test
The tribunal accepted environmental contamination as the likely cause, but Schrager could not prove the source and avoided a four-year intentional-doping ban.
- On Friday, British Paralympic cyclist Daphne Schrager received a two-year ban after testing positive for ligandrol, with the National Anti-Doping Panel confirming she cannot compete until June 7, 2027.
- The National Anti-Doping Panel accepted that Schrager did not intentionally use the drug, concluding environmental contamination was the most likely explanation; judges noted she failed to prove the specific source.
- Contamination theories regarding a gym visit or shared home were supported by experts during the tribunal; the 2024 Paris Paralympics medalist posted on Instagram, "I have never cheated, nor have I ever knowingly taken any banned substance."
- Because the panel ruled the ingestion was unintentional, Schrager received a shorter two-year sanction instead of the four-year ban typically issued for intentional doping, with the ban backdated to June 2, 2025.
- Eligible to compete again starting June 7, 2027, the 25-year-old cyclist remains in contention for the 2028 Los Angeles Paralympic Games, having previously secured silver in the 2024 Paris Paralympics.
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Paralympics cycling medalist Schrager banned 2 years for positive doping test
Paralympics cycling silver medalist Daphne Schrager has been banned for two years after testing positive for an anabolic substance not approved for medical use.
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