Aust swimmer in year ban for missed tests

Australia's former world No.1 200m freestyle swimmer Thomas Fraser-Holmes has received a one-year suspension from the sport for missing three drug tests.

World Swimming's governing body FINA confirmed the ban on Thursday night.

The two-time Olympian missed two tests last September and another in February, triggering the ban.

His ban commenced on Wednesday and runs through until June 6, 2018.

Fraser Holmes has three weeks in which to appeal the matter to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

Fraser-Holmes is one of three top Australian swimmers banned or facing bans for missing drug tests.

Rio Olympic silver medallist Madeleine Groves could also face a ban after FINA claims she missed three doping tests.

Open water swimmer and Rio Olympian Jarrod Poort has three strikes against his name for missing tests and is also facing two years out of the pool.