[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"header-nav":3,"footer-nav":29,"article-daphne-schrager-paralympic-medallist-two-year-doping-ban":82,"category-counts-nav":98,"related-daphne-schrager-paralympic-medallist-two-year-doping-ban":108},[4,8,11,14,17,20,23,26],{"label":5,"to":6,"exact":7},"Home","\u002F",true,{"label":9,"to":10},"World Cup","\u002Fworldcup",{"label":12,"to":13},"Standings","\u002Fstandings",{"label":15,"to":16},"Football","\u002Fcategory\u002Ffootball",{"label":18,"to":19},"Basketball","\u002Fcategory\u002Fbasketball",{"label":21,"to":22},"Tennis","\u002Fcategory\u002Ftennis",{"label":24,"to":25},"F1","\u002Fcategory\u002Ff1",{"label":27,"to":28},"Long Reads","\u002Fcategory\u002Flong-reads",{"brand":30,"columns":32,"tagline":80,"copyright":81},{"description":31},"In-depth sports journalism covering football, basketball, tennis, F1, and beyond. Daily analysis, long reads, and expert opinion.",[33,51,59],{"heading":34,"links":35},"Leagues",[36,39,42,45,48],{"label":37,"to":38},"Premier League","\u002Ftag\u002Fpremier-league",{"label":40,"to":41},"La Liga","\u002Ftag\u002Fla-liga",{"label":43,"to":44},"NBA","\u002Ftag\u002Fnba",{"label":46,"to":47},"Formula 1","\u002Ftag\u002Fformula-1",{"label":49,"to":50},"Champions League","\u002Ftag\u002Fchampions-league",{"heading":52,"links":53},"Content",[54,56,57],{"label":55,"to":16},"Analysis",{"label":27,"to":28},{"label":58,"to":16},"Data & Stats",{"heading":60,"links":61},"Company",[62,65,68,71,74,77],{"label":63,"to":64},"Terms of Service","\u002Fservice",{"label":66,"to":67},"Privacy Policy","\u002Fprivacy",{"label":69,"to":70},"Editorial Policy","\u002Feditorial",{"label":72,"to":73},"Contact Us","\u002Fcontact",{"label":75,"to":76},"About Us","\u002Fabout",{"label":78,"to":79},"Website Disclaimer","\u002Fdisclaimer","Built for the love of sport","© SportPulse. All rights reserved.",{"title":83,"slug":84,"category":85,"badge":86,"author":87,"excerpt":88,"date":89,"readTime":90,"image":91,"imageAlt":83,"tags":92,"body":96,"_path":97},"Paralympic Medallist Schrager Hit With Two-Year Ban After Failed Test","daphne-schrager-paralympic-medallist-two-year-doping-ban","long-reads","Long Reads: Feature","Sarah Martinez","Daphne Schrager insists she 'never cheated' after receiving a two-year suspension for an unintentional positive doping test.","2026-07-24 12:03:52","1 min read","https:\u002F\u002Fichef.bbci.co.uk\u002Face\u002Fstandard\u002F976\u002Fcpsprodpb\u002F6085\u002Flive\u002Fcb3a23e0-874e-11f1-95ec-a30de4e448c4.jpg",[93,94,95],"Paralympics","Anti-Doping","Athletics","Daphne Schrager has been handed a two-year ban following a positive test for a banned substance. The Paralympic medallist, who earned medals for Great Britain, immediately challenged the decision, insisting the violation was unintentional and that she \"never cheated.\"\n\nSchrager issued a statement confirming her innocence without elaborating on the specific circumstances of the test. Anti-doping cases operate under strict liability, so the presence of a prohibited substance triggers a sanction regardless of intent. A two-year suspension is the standard first-offence penalty under the WADA code unless an athlete can demonstrate no significant fault or negligence, which can reduce it to one year. Schrager described the violation as \"unintentional,\" suggesting her legal team may build a defence around inadvertent ingestion. She intends to challenge the sanction, though no details on the substance or the appeal forum have been made public.\n\nUK Anti-Doping confirmed the sanction but declined further comment while proceedings are ongoing. Schrager's absence creates a gap in the British Paralympic programme. 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