US EditionCanadian Olympic swimmer Penny Oleksiak gets 2-year ban
Oleksiak accepted a two-year ban for three missed or late doping tests, disqualifying results from June 16, 2025, to July 14, 2027, officials said.
- On Nov. 25, 2025, Penny Oleksiak accepted a two-year ban from competition after three whereabouts failures between October 2024 and June 2025, the International Testing Agency said.
- Under WADA rules athletes must file a daily 60-minute availability window 90 days ahead, and World Aquatics treats three late or inaccurate filings in 12 months as a ban trigger.
- The ITA notified Penny Oleksiak earlier this year; she withdrew from the world championships and accepted a provisional suspension in July, saying the case `does not involve any banned substance` while Swimming Canada CEO Suzanne Paulins called it `an administrative mistake`.
- The Aquatics Integrity Unit said her ineligibility, which runs through July 14, 2027, was applied retroactively to June 16, disqualifying results from that date onward.
- Oleksiak, Canada's most decorated female Olympian, faces reputational challenges after a two-year ban; The Canadian Press first published this report Nov. 25, 2025, noting her seven Olympic and nine world championship medals.
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Penny Oleksiak, the Canadian Olympic champion swimmer, has been banned for two years for a doping violation.
Canadian Swimming Star Oleksiak Suspended Over Anti-Doping Rule Violation
Canadian Olympics swimmer Penny Oleksiak has accepted a suspension for a breach of the anti-doping code by having three whereabouts failures over a 12-month time period, according to the International Testing Agency (ITA). Whereabouts protocol requires athletes to inform anti-doping authorities of their daily whereabouts, as well as a specific 60-minute time slot each day when the athlete will be available for testing, the ITA said. The purpose …
Oleksiak, 25 years old, will be infinity until July 2027 and will be without all individual results achieved since June 16. The alleged athlete has made three site failures.
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