Daphne Schrager receives two-year ban for positive drug test
BBC Sport • 1 min read • Latest: Jul 24, 2026, 11:18 AM
Last updated Jul 24, 2026
British Paralympian Daphne Schrager has been handed a two-year ban after testing positive for Ligandrol, a banned substance. The ban, backdated to June 2, 2025, will last until June 1, 2027. Schrager, who argued her positive test was due to inadvertent environmental contamination, did not prove this claim. She remains suspended from cycling and will miss the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Despite the ban, she intends to return for the 2028 Paralympic Games in Los Angeles.
- •Daphne Schrager tested positive for Ligandrol after an out-of-competition test.
- •Schrager won a silver medal at the Paris 2024 Paralympics.
- •The ban will end on June 1, 2027, ahead of the 2028 Paralympics.
- •UKAD found she did not intentionally use a banned substance.
- •She has expressed the significant impact this case has had on her mental health.
- 11:18 AMBBC Sport — GB Paralympian Schrager given two-year ban after failed drug test
"Paralympic medallist Daphne Schrager insists she has "never cheated" after being given a two-year ban following an "unintentional" positive test for a banned substance.
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