‘Unless we fight for it, nothing will ever change’ – Lizzy Banks makes emotional call for change in contamination anti-doping cases after losing two-year battle to clear her name

Lizzy Banks has made an emotional call for change in the way contamination cases are managed and judged by anti-doping authorities after losing a two-year battle to clear her name.

The 34-year-old former British rider, who raced for EF Education and won two stages of the Giro d’Italia Women, tested positive for traces of the diuretic Chlortalidone in July 2023. She was cleared by the UK Anti-Doping Agency (UKAD) after it was accepted that the substance entered her system through contamination, but the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) appealed her case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) and eventually won.