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Canadian Olympic swimmer Penny Oleksiak gets 2-year ban
Oleksiak accepted a retroactive two-year ban for three whereabouts failures, disqualifying results from June 16, 2025, until July 14, 2027, Aquatics Integrity Unit said.
- On Nov. 25, 2025, Penny Oleksiak accepted a two-year ban from competition after three whereabouts failures between October 2024 and June 2025, the International Testing Agency said.
- Under WADA rules athletes must file a daily 60-minute availability window 90 days ahead, and World Aquatics treats three late or inaccurate filings in 12 months as a ban trigger.
- The ITA notified Penny Oleksiak earlier this year; she withdrew from the world championships and accepted a provisional suspension in July, saying the case `does not involve any banned substance` while Swimming Canada CEO Suzanne Paulins called it `an administrative mistake`.
- The Aquatics Integrity Unit said her ineligibility, which runs through July 14, 2027, was applied retroactively to June 16, disqualifying results from that date onward.
- Oleksiak, Canada's most decorated female Olympian, faces reputational challenges after a two-year ban; The Canadian Press first published this report Nov. 25, 2025, noting her seven Olympic and nine world championship medals.
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