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The lawyer for Aussie swimmer Shayna Jack has been shocked by revelations that Chinese swimmers were allowed to compete at the Tokyo Games despite positive tests for doping.

Shockwaves were sent through swimming after it emerged that 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive for trimetazidine (TMZ), a banned substance, before the Olympics in Tokyo three years ago.

Despite this, they were allowed to compete as they had not been provisionally suspended. China's team went on to win three gold medals in swimming races involving Australians.

Jack, a Commonwealth Games medallist, was one of the rising stars of the pool until her world came crashing down in 2019 after testing positive to banned muscle-builder Ligandrol, leaving her swimming career and Tokyo Olympics hopes in tatters.

She eventually cleared her name after proving the positive test was due to contamination, but still missed out on the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.