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‘Whereabouts failure’: Why did Penny Oleksiak receive a two-year swim ban?
Oleksiak accepted a two-year suspension after three whereabouts failures within 12 months triggered a sanction under the World Anti-Doping Code, ITA confirmed.
- Earlier this week, Penny Oleksiak, Canadian swimmer, accepted a two-year suspension after the International Testing Agency found three whereabouts failures between October 2024 and June this year.
- The WADA whereabouts system requires Registered Testing Pool athletes to submit quarterly location plans covering three months and meet a one-hour daily location requirement; failures include three missed tests or filing errors within 12 months.
- Kevin Bean said athletes must identify one hour daily at a specific location, with failures including missed tests or not updating travel, as in `So, if you go to work every day from nine to five, that would be in your whereabouts submission.`
- The rulebook states Swimming Canada accepted Oleksiak's explanation that the errors were inadvertent, and MacLean Campbell said she's `100 per cent confident` Oleksiak is a clean athlete.
- Officials note the program is stringent but necessary for trust in fair sport, with education and reminders provided; accumulating three failures within 12 months triggers sanctions under World Anti-Doping Agency rules.
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