Australia's Groves cleared of breach of whereabouts rules


2016 Rio Olympics - Swimming - Victory Ceremony - Women's 200m Butterfly Victory Ceremony - Olympic Aquatics Stadium - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 10/08/2016. Madeline Groves (AUS) of Australia poses with her silver medal. REUTERS/Dominic Ebenbichler

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Rio Olympics silver medallist Madeline Groves has been cleared of a third breach of anti-doping 'whereabouts rules' and is free to compete at next year's Commonwealth Games, Swimming Australia said on Saturday.

The 22-year-old, who won silver in the 200m butterfly behind Spain's Mireia Belmonte in Rio, had missed her third test at her residence in the United States in May.

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