Mary-Sophie Harvey revealed in a social media post on Wednesday she was drugged at the World Aquatics Championships.
The Canadian swimmer shared her harrowing experience on Instagram where she revealed she woke up “completely lost” with her team manager and doctor by her bedside.
The 22-year-old had no recollection of what happened for a four-to-six-hour span and suffered multiple bruises, a rib sprain, and a concussion.
“I’m still scared to think about the unknowns of that night,” she wrote. “I’m still trying to find the ‘happy Mary’ that found happiness prior to this event. I’m still in a way, ashamed of what happened, and I think I always will be… But I won’t let this event define me.”
Harvey decided to share her story to draw awareness to something that occurs “too many times for me to stay silent.”
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“Sadly, these events happen more than we think it does,” she wrote. “There’s been a dangerous increasing number of cases reported throughout the years, but it is still not being talked about enough. The resources for victims are still difficult to find and the judgment from outsiders are still very much present.”
Harvey wrote she consulted with doctors and was told she was “lucky” to only suffer a rib sprain and a small concussion.
“I thought I was safe, that it would never happen to me, especially while being surrounded b[y] friends,” she wrote. But it did… and I wish someone had educated me on the matter prior to that night.”
Harvey won a bronze medal in the 4×200-meter freestyle at the World Championships.
