Canadian Star Swimmer Penny Oleksiak, who was informed about violations of the anti-doping rules

Toronto – swimming star Penny Oleksiak from Toronto was informed by the international test agency about an obvious violation of the doping regulation.

According to ITA, Oleksiak committed three residence errors between October 2024 and June 2025 within a period of 12 months.

It was made aware of the case and accepted a voluntary preliminary suspension until the matter is to solve the matter.

She has the right to give her explanations for each of the three whereabouts.

In view of the fact that the case is in progress, there will be no further comments from ITA, World Aquatics or Oleksiak during the ongoing procedure.

This implies that the third missed test came after Oleksiak qualified for the Canadian team at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore.

In a now deleted Instagram post, Oleksiak announced two weeks ago that she retired from the World Cup team and accepted a voluntary preliminary suspension. Any sanction would be reduced by the time that was suspended under the voluntary temporary suspension.

In the post office, Oleksiak claimed: “I am and was always a clean athlete” and the case “does not include a forbidden substance. It is about whether I have updated my information correctly.”

Swimming Canada repeated the feeling and said: “We support her decision and believe that she is a clean athlete who has made an administrative mistake.”

A whereabouts is a violation of the anti-doping rule that can affect the justification of the athlete, even if you have never taken a forbidden substance. The World Anti-Doping code defines a residence error as a combination of three missed tests or submitting errors in a period of 12 months.

Athletes who are members of the “registered test pool”, which is the highest level of athlete tests, must always report an exact and current submission of their whereabouts. This is the case that you can be tested at any time and anywhere with drugs without notice.

According to World Aquatics, an athlete in the test pool can “be late, inaccurate or incomplete up to date that leads to (you) not available (you) (you) may receive a registration error.”

This report by Canadian Press was first published on July 19, 2025.