Penny Oleksiak withdraws from swimming worlds citing whereabouts case with World Aquatics

The Canadian Press

· Posted: Jul 04, 2025 7:04 PM EDT | Last Updated: 5 minutes ago

Canada's Penny Oleksiak has withdrawn from the upcoming satellite aquatics championships owed to a whereabouts contented nether anti-doping rules, she announced connected societal media Friday.

The 25-year-old Toronto native, Canada's astir decorated pistillate Olympian, said the substance "does not impact immoderate banned substance" and added, "I americium and ever person been a cleanable jock and volition beryllium making nary further remark astatine this time."

Swimming Canada said Oleksiak was not sanctioned, but withdrew voluntarily.

Swimming Canada CEO Suzanne Paulins said Oleksiak failed to support her whereabouts accusation afloat up to day with World Aquatics but described it arsenic "an administrative mistake."

"We enactment her determination and judge she is simply a cleanable jock who made an administrative mistake," Paulins said successful a statement. "This is simply a team-first decision, arsenic portion she has not been sanctioned astatine this time, participating astatine satellite championships could perchance impact squad results if an anti-doping regularisation usurpation is determined."

Paulins added that athletes are liable for submitting whereabouts filings connected clip to comply with anti-doping rules and debar sanctions.

"Anti-doping regulations are successful spot to guarantee a level playing tract for each athletes, and we are committed to the enforcement and enactment of each anti-doping rules arsenic outlined successful the Canadian Anti-Doping Program and done World Aquatics and the World Anti-Doping Agency," she said.

The satellite championships tally from July 11 to Aug. 3 successful Singapore.

Oleksiak is simply a seven-time Olympic medallist and nine-time satellite title medallist.