By DONNA SPENCER -- The Canadian Press
 The lawyer for athlete Robin Lyons vowed Thursday to take her case for reinstatement to the Canadian Olympic team to an independent arbitrator if a review board shoots down her appeal.

 Lyons, the national women's hammer throw champion who was cut from the Olympic team this week because an A sample on a urine test showed anabolic steroids, is trying to get her case fast-tracked through the appeal process in hopes of competing at the Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, in just over a week.

 "If the decision is in Robin's favour, the suspension is lifted and she can get on an airplane and if they don't rule in Robin's favour then the matter will be going to arbitration," said lawyer Thomas Cooke.

 The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sports also may have another appeal on its hands soon. Equestrian rider Eric Lamaze was kicked off the Canadian team this week after his A sample turned up positive for cocaine. Lamaze faces a lifetime ban from his sport for a second violation.

 Lamaze's lawyer, Tim Danson, disputes the validity of the test.

 Lyons, a 23-year-old from Edmonton, requested on Thursday to have her B sample analyzed and expects the doping control review board of the CCES, which conducted her test at the Canadian Olympic trials, to review her submissions Friday.

 The CCES won't drag its feet on the case, said Victor Lachance, chief executive officer of the organization.

 "The timeline we're using is as fast as possible," he said.

 At the Canadian Olympic trials on Aug. 13, two samples were taken from Lyons because one was considered too watery, said Lachance.

 One sample showed nine nanograms of norandrosterone per millilitre of urine and the other showed 1.2. The legal level is five nanograms.

 Cooke is arguing that one test negates the other because they should be the same.

 "If one is nine and one is 1.2 the obvious question is why?" said Cooke. "It's like a breathalyzer. It's .08 in Canada and if one is .14 and the other was .03, you have a pretty good case."

 Cooke said Lyons hasn't given up hope.

 "She's continuing with her training," he said. "She's handling it well and hopeful at the end of the day, she"ll be able to go to the Olympics."