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Canada’s Oleksiak gets two-year suspension for failing to report whereabouts three times within a year

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Canadian swimmer Penny Oleksiak, the country’s most decorated female Olympian, has accepted a two-year suspension for failing to report her whereabouts three times within a year

Repeated failures by an athlete to update their whereabouts constitute a doping violation because they obstruct drug testing.

The Aquatics Integrity Unit said in a statement that Oleksiak’s period of ineligibility runs from July 15, 2025 to July 14, 2027. The International testing Agency said Oleksiak did not contest the proposed punishment, meaning “the case was resolved through an acceptance of consequences.”

 Swimming Canada said in a statement that it “respects” the ITA’s decision.

–ChannelAfrica–