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Canadian swimmer Mary-Sophie Harvey says she was drugged at World Aquatics Championships

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By Amy Woodyatt and Matt Foster, CNNUpdated 1151 GMT (1951 HKT) July 7, 2022 Harvey said she was left with rib sprain, a concussion and several bruises on her body after she was allegedly drugged.(CNN)Canadian swimmer Mary-Sophie Harvey says she was drugged on the final night of the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, last month in Budapest.The swimmer, who won a bronze medal in the women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay said she remembers «celebrating my competition,» but then came a «four-to-six hour window where I can't recall a single thing.»She says she woke up the next morning with her team manager and doctor at her bedside.«I've never felt more ashamed,» she wrote on Instagram Wednesday, adding that she experienced «judgment» in the wake of the incident.The Olympian said she suffered a rib sprain and concussion and found «a dozen bruises» on her body, which she said her friends told her that it was probably from them having to carry her while she was unconscious.Read MoreShe posted pictures of the bruises on her Instagram.«I ended up going to the hospital, where I was met with doctors & psychologists.

They tested and treated me the best way they could,» she said.«They told me it happens more often [than] we think and that I was lucky in a way, to get out of this with a rib sprain and a small concussion.»It did help me cure some of the fears I had but sadly not all of them," she said.The swimmer warned of a «dangerous increasing number» of similar cases and shared several screenshots of news reports about drink spiking.«To anyone reading this, please be careful,» she wrote.CNN has reached out to Harvey for further comment.

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