"Swimmer Penny Oleksiak, Canada's most decorated female Olympian, has accepted a two-year ban from competition stemming from three whereabouts failures. Oleksiak's period of ineligibility extends to July 14, 2027, with the ban applied retroactively to this past July 15. According to a release from the Aquatics Integrity Unit, the 25-year-old from Toronto will have any competitive results from June 16 onward disqualified, including forfeiture of medals, points, and prizes."
"Athlete whereabouts is part of the World Anti Doping Agency's (WADA) drug testing program. Selected athletes must provide a daily 60-minute availability window, 90 days in advance, to be tested, no matter where in the world they might be. If an athlete submits "late, inaccurate or incomplete whereabouts that lead to them being unavailable for testing, [they] may receive a Filing Failure," according to World Aquatics."
"In July, after withdrawing from the world aquatics championships due to the whereabouts issue, Oleksiak said the matter "does not involve any banned substance" and added, "I am and always have been a clean athlete and will be making no further comment at this time." Any combination of three filing failures or missed tests within 12-months could result in a two-year ban."
Penny Oleksiak accepted a two-year period of ineligibility for three filing failures related to athlete whereabouts, with the ban retroactive to July 15 and ending July 14, 2027. All competitive results from June 16 onward will be disqualified, including forfeiture of medals, points and prizes. Athlete whereabouts form part of WADA's testing program and require selected athletes to provide a daily 60-minute availability window, 90 days in advance. Late, inaccurate or incomplete whereabouts that make an athlete unavailable for testing can be recorded as a filing failure. Oleksiak denied any use of banned substances and Swimming Canada described the issue as an administrative mistake.
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