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

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Penny Oleksiak, the most decorated female Olympian in Canadian history, has accepted a two-year ban from competitive swimming for an anti-doping rule violation.

The International Testing Agency (ITA) made the announcement Tuesday after the seven-time Olympic medalist committed three whereabouts failures between October 2024 and June 2025.

Oleksiak’s suspension will end July 14, 2027, before the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

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Penny Oleksiak, an Olympian swimmer from Canada on the SportsTrade stage during Collision 2023 at Enercare Centre in Toronto. (Harry Murphy/Sportsfile)

"We are committed to the enforcement and support of all anti-doping rules as outlined in the Canadian Anti-Doping Program and through World Aquatics and the World Anti-Doping Agency," Swimming Canada CEO Suzanne Paulins said in a statement, per ESPN. 

"While we accept Penny's explanation that these were inadvertent errors and she has not used banned substances, anti-doping regulations are in place to ensure a level playing field for all athletes.

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"We will miss Penny on the national team and hope to see her back in the pool when she is eligible."

A whereabouts failure, as defined by the World Anti-Doping Code, is when any combination of three missed tests or filing failures occurs in a 12-month period.

Oleksiak was told by the ITA about the whereabouts case earlier this year, which led to her taking a provisional