Canadian swimmer Mary-Sophie Harvey told a videoconference on Friday (8) that she was not the only athlete who was drugged during the World Swimming Championships, which took place at the end of last month in Budapest, Hungary. Yesterday (7), she revealed she couldn’t remember what happened for most of the closing night of the tournament when she was with other swimmers. The indications are that she was drugged by a third party.

“When I came back here [para o Canadá], and for the following week, I was ashamed and felt that the judgment of others was very present. I was told that I had drunk too much, that I had to be careful with my alcohol consumption. Some even told me that I might be looking for it. All the victims of these types of incidents have heard of it before, and I think it is one of the main reasons why people are afraid to report these situations,” he told the conference. Press.

Most of the delegations that participated in the World Cup stayed in the same hotel in Budapest, where they exchanged. At the end of the tournament, on the penultimate Sunday, they threw a party. Mary-Sophie said she had “maybe four drinks” in the night, which did not justify the consequences: she does not remember what happened over a period of four to six hours.

“People who were there with me told me about the night. And by putting all the pieces of the story together, I was able to get an idea of ​​what happened. I didn’t feel part of it. this story, because I had no memory”, he explained. The swimmer, bronze with the 4x200m freestyle relay, had no personal items stolen except for a disposable camera, which likely contained footage of the event.

The next day he woke up with sprained ribs, a concussion and multiple bruises all over his body. As Canada will be competing in the Commonwealth Games, she resumed training upon her return home and, during practice, burst into tears. A colleague recommended that she seek help, and that’s when she filed a complaint, which is currently being investigated by the International Swimming Federation (FINA).

During the press conference, the swimmer from Canada said that other athletes had also been drugged during that night, without specifying the number of people or giving names. Yesterday, a journalist from the specialized site Swim Swam posted on Twitter that he was looking for people who were also drugged.