Mary-Sophie Harvey: Canadian swimmer says she was drugged at World Aquatics Championships

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Canadian swimmer Mary-Sophie Harvey says she was drugged on the ultimate night time of the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, final month in Budapest.

The swimmer, who gained a bronze medal within the girls’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay mentioned she remembers “celebrating my competitors,” however then got here a “four-to-six hour window the place I can’t recall a single factor.”

She says she awoke the following morning together with her workforce supervisor and physician at her bedside.

“I’ve by no means felt extra ashamed,” she wrote on Instagram Wednesday, including that she skilled “judgment” within the wake of the incident.

The Olympian mentioned she suffered a rib sprain and concussion and located “a dozen bruises” on her physique, which she mentioned her mates informed her that it was most likely from them having to hold her whereas she was unconscious.

She posted photos of the bruises on her Instagram.

“I ended up going to the hospital, the place I used to be met with medical doctors & psychologists. They examined and handled me one of the simplest ways they might,” she mentioned.

“They informed me it occurs extra usually [than] we predict and that I used to be fortunate in a approach, to get out of this with a rib sprain and a small concussion.

“It did assist me remedy among the fears I had however sadly not all of them,” she mentioned.

The swimmer warned of a “harmful growing quantity” of comparable circumstances and shared a number of screenshots of reports studies about drink spiking.

“To anybody studying this, please watch out,” she wrote.

Muricas News has reached out to Harvey for additional remark. It’s unclear if she reported the incident to police. She doesn't handle the way it may need occurred.

Muricas News has reached out to Swimming Canada for remark. A spokesman did difficulty a press release to the Canadian Press, in response to the CBC.

“We're conscious there was an incident the night time earlier than departure from Budapest,” Swimming Canada spokesman Nathan White mentioned in an e mail to The Canadian Press. “As quickly as workforce workers turned conscious, Mary acquired wonderful medical remedy from our workforce doctor on website, and was cleared to journey dwelling.

“Workers have been in touch with Mary since her return and we're providing her assist. We proceed to collect data on the state of affairs, and the file has been forwarded to our impartial Secure Sport officer.”

World swimming’s governing physique FINA mentioned it was conscious of the “deeply distressing media studies” and was “deeply involved” about Harvey’s wellbeing.

“We're in touch with Swimming Canada and the Native Organising Committee. In 2021, FINA adopted widespread measures geared toward safeguarding athletes and an Unbiased Investigation Officer will probably be assigned to analyze the matter additional,” FINA mentioned in a press release.