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.
The ITA says Oleksiak has been notified of the rule violation and has voluntarily accepted a provisional suspension while the case is ongoing.
“She has the right to provide her explanations as to the circumstances of each whereabouts failure,” the ITA said.
The agency added that no further comments will be made by the ITA, World Aquatics, or Oleksiak while the proceedings are underway. This implies that the third missed test came after Oleksiak qualified for the Canadian team at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore, being held from July 11 to Aug. 3….