Penny Oleksiak, a swimmer from Toronto, has been notified of an anti-doping rule violation due to three whereabouts failures within a year. She has accepted a provisional suspension while the case is resolved. Oleksiak asserts the violation concerns reporting accuracy and not the use of banned substances. Swimming Canada supports her, calling it an administrative mistake. A Whereabouts Case can impact athlete eligibility, defined as three missed tests or filing failures in twelve months. Registered Testing Pool athletes must provide up-to-date whereabouts to ensure they can be tested without notice.
Penny Oleksiak has been notified of an anti-doping rule violation for three whereabouts failures within a 12-month period, leading to her voluntary provisional suspension.
Oleksiak stated, 'I am and always have been a clean athlete' and emphasized that the case does not involve any banned substance but concerns her reporting accuracy.
Swimming Canada expressed its support for Oleksiak, asserting she is a clean athlete and noting that the issue was an administrative mistake in updating her whereabouts.
The World Anti-Doping Code defines a Whereabouts failure as missing three tests or failing to file information required for athlete drug testing in a year.
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