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- Birth date: March 12, 1987USOC: USA Swimming: Jessica Hardy Profile
- Started swimming at age seven
- Resides in Los Angeles, California
- Height: 5'11"SFGate: Introducing Jessica Hardy / Cal's Latest Swimming Star... (July 31, 2005)
- Broke world record for 100m breaststroke at 2005 World Championships in Montreal
- Finished first in the 100m breaststroke during the US Olympic Swimming tryouts in early July 2008
- Qualified for several competitions at the Summer Olympics in Beijing
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Jessica Hardy is a 21-year-old swimmer who set the world record for the 100m breaststroke with a time of 1 minute and 6.20 seconds in 2005. Hardy qualified to compete in the 2008 Summer Olympics for the 50m freestyle and 100m breaststroke competitions. On July 23, Hardy reportedly tested positive for a banned substance. The tests were taken in early July at the US Olympic Swimming team tryouts in Omaha, Nebraska.AFP: Beijing-bound Us Swimmer Hardy Tests Positive: Reports (July 24, 2008) Following the confirmation that the tests were positive, Hardy withdrew from the Summer Olympics.United States Anti-Doping Agency: Press Release - Jessica Hardy (144 KB)
Drug Test Failure
- Tryouts for 2008 Summer Olympics included drug tests
- Her attorney confirmed that she tested positive for the stimulant clenbuterolNBCOlympics.com: Hardy Fails Drug Test (July 24, 2008)
- First test negative on July 1
- Second test positive on July 4, done on two samples
- Third test on July 6 was negative
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Jessica Hardy Questions
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