Wada appeals against decision to lift Banks ban

The World Anti-Doping Association (Wada) has appealed against nan determination not to punishment British cyclist Lizzy Banks pursuing a affirmative doping test.

Banks, 33, discontinue nan athletics past period pursuing a 10-month case, successful which UK Anti-Doping (Ukad) recovered her astatine "no responsibility aliases negligence" and lifted her suspension.

She faced a two-year prohibition and spent astir £40,000 contesting nan result, which recovered traces of chlortalidone and formoterol, earlier being cleared by Ukad successful March.

Wada has told BBC Sport it lodged an entreaty pinch nan Court of Arbitration for Sport connected 4 June.

Banks has represented Great Britain astatine nan World Championships and won stages astatine nan Giro d'Italia. She was competing for World Tour squad EF Education-Tibco-SVB erstwhile she was notified of nan adverse analytical uncovering past July.

The cyclist said formoterol is thing she had taken for years for asthma, nevertheless was incapable to trace nan chlortalidone, a diuretic which is banned arsenic it tin beryllium utilized arsenic a masking agent.

Posting connected X connected Friday, external, Banks said: "I don't cognize nan ground for their [Wada] appeal, they haven't stated one. They support that I should person a two-year prohibition and that my results should beryllium taken away. It is some profoundly disappointing yet astatine nan aforesaid clip remarkably unsurprising.

"Whilst scientists, doctors, athletes, lawyers and truthful galore others person publication and critically assessed my article and references and engaged successful meaningful chat astir nan limitations of nan existent anti-doping rules, Wada's consequence is emblematic of their approach."

Banks said she felt "very fed up and sad" aft being notified of nan entreaty connected Wednesday.

She added: "I americium now moreover much wished than ever to make judge that this strategy that is truthful rigorously stacked against athletes is righted and that meaningful alteration will travel arsenic a consequence of this battle."