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Onus on Athletes to Let Drug Testers Know Where They Are Under “Whereabouts” Rules
SIMCOE COUNTY, ONTARIO, JUL 22 – Penny Oleksiak accepted a provisional suspension after missing three anti-doping whereabouts deadlines between October 2024 and June 2025, resulting in her withdrawal from the world championship.
- Penny Oleksiak, a 25-year-old swimmer from Toronto, withdrew from Canada's world championship team after failing to meet whereabouts requirements.
- Between October 2024 and June 2025, Oleksiak accumulated a total of three missed doping controls or failures to update her whereabouts, which meets the criteria for a whereabouts violation according to WADA regulations.
- Swimming Canada described Oleksiak's case as an administrative mistake involving outdated whereabouts information despite athletes receiving training and email reminders.
- Kevin Bean of CCES stated athletes complete an e-learning module on submitting whereabouts info, and Evan Dunfee noted that fluid schedules across time zones cause mistakes.
- Oleksiak voluntarily agreed to a provisional suspension under the anti-doping regulations of World Aquatics but maintains the opportunity to dispute the suspension and provide clarifications while the case is overseen by the ITA.
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Onus on athletes to let drug testers know where they are under “whereabouts” rules
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