Canada's most decorated female Olympian suspended 2 years for violating anti-doping rule

Penny Oleksiak, the astir decorated pistillate Olympian successful Canadian history, has accepted a two-year prohibition from competitory swimming for an anti-doping regularisation violation.

The International Testing Agency (ITA) made the announcement connected Tuesday aft the seven-time Olympic medalist committed 3 whereabouts failures betwixt October 2024 and June 2025.

Oleksiak’s suspension volition extremity connected July 14, 2027, which is earlier the Summer Olympics successful Los Angeles successful 2028.

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Penny Oleksiak, Olympian Swimmer, Canada, connected SportsTrade signifier during time 2 of Collision 2023 astatine Enercare Centre successful Toronto, Canada. (Harry Murphy/Sportsfile)

"We are committed to the enforcement and enactment of each anti-doping rules arsenic outlined successful the Canadian Anti-Doping Program and done World Aquatics and the World Anti-Doping Agency," Swimming Canada CEO Suzanne Paulins said successful a statement, per ESPN. "While we judge Penny's mentation that these were inadvertent errors and she has not utilized banned substances, anti-doping regulations are successful spot to guarantee a level playing tract for each athletes.

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"We volition miss Penny connected the nationalist squad and anticipation to spot her backmost successful the excavation erstwhile she is eligible."

A whereabouts failure, arsenic defined by the World Anti-Doping Code, is erstwhile immoderate operation of 3 missed tests oregon filing failures occurs successful a 12-month period.

Oleksiak was told by the ITA astir the whereabouts lawsuit earlier this year, which yet led to her taking a provisional suspension successful July. She withdrew from the World Aquatics Championships that month.

Penny Oleksiak competes successful the last of the Women's 50m Freestyle during time 7 of the Canada Olympic Swimming Trials 2024 connected May 19, 2024 successful Toronto, Ontario. (Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

"I americium and ever person been a cleanable jock and volition beryllium making nary further remark astatine this time," Oleksiak said successful July 2025 erstwhile she withdrew from the World Aquatics Championships.

Oleksiak, 25, has won 1 golden medal, 2 metallic and 4 bronze implicit her Olympic career. Her 7 medals are tied for the astir all-time, antheral oregon female, with sprinter Andre De Grasse.

Penny Oleksiak of Canada looks connected earlier competing successful the Women's 100 Meter Freestyle Final connected Day 2 of the TYR Pro Swim Series Westmont astatine FMC Natatorium connected March 6, 2025 successful Westmont, Illinois.  (Michael Reaves/Getty Images)

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She besides has 9 satellite title medals, winning metallic doubly and collecting 7 bronze implicit her career.

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