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Canadian Swimming Star Penny Oleksiak Notified of Anti-Doping Violation

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Canadian Swimming Star Penny Oleksiak Notified of Anti-Doping Violation

Penny Oleksiak of Canada competes during her women’s 200m freestyle heat at the 19th FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, June 20, 2022. The Canadian Press/AP-Petr David Josek

Olivia Gomm

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Canada’s most decorated Olympian, swimming champion Penny Oleksiak of Toronto, has been notified by the International Testing Agency (ITA) of an apparent anti-doping rule violation.

“Penelope Oleksiak committed three whereabouts failures within a 12-month period between October 2024 and June 2025,” the ITA said in a July 18 news release.

Olivia Gomm

Olivia Gomm is a news reporter with the Canadian edition of The Epoch Times.

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