Groves beats anti-doping breach, cleared for Commonwealth Games

By Phil Lutton
Updated October 22 2017 - 12:31pm, first published 12:25pm
In the clear: Madeline Groves with 200m butterfly silver medal at Rio Olympics last year. Picture: Joe Armao
In the clear: Madeline Groves with 200m butterfly silver medal at Rio Olympics last year. Picture: Joe Armao

The day before Madeline Groves was handed her fate by a FINA doping panel, the 22-year-old butterfly star could barely hide her nerves. She was at a lunch in Brisbane listening to the great Ian Thorpe speak but her mind was elsewhere.

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