Penny Oleksiak is looking to set the record straight.

The Canadian Olympian hasn’t been heard from since she received a two-year suspension from competitive swimming in late November. The suspension came as a result of missing three separate whereabouts failures .

Due to her whereabouts failures, Oleksiak was also forced to withdraw from the World Aquatics Championship in July. The 25-year-old released a brief statement claiming she was a clean athlete via Instagram during the summer, but hadn’t been heard from since.

On Tuesday, that changed.

For the first time since her scandal came to light, Oleksiak joined CBC’s Devin Heroux and once again strongly denied ever using performance-enhancing drugs.

“No,” Oleksiak said when asked if she’s ever cheated. “I think it’s definitely some

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