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Four Russian Athletes Have Tested Possitive To The Banned Drug Meldonium by Donniefred(m): 1:50pm On Mar 21, 2016
Meldonium, also known as mildronate, was banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency on 1 January.
Four Russian athletes have tested positive for the banned drug meldonium.

At least 16 Russian sportspeople, including tennis player Maria Sharapova, have tested positive for the substance since it was banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency on 1 January.

The latest four are yet to be named.
Russia's athletics federation is suspended from international competition for its alleged involvement in widespread doping, with a decision on potential reinstatement due in May.

Dmitry Shlyakhtin, head of the All-Russia Athletic Federation, said the latest positive tests will not "aggravate" that "complex" decision.

Russia's international ban - which includes this summer's Rio Olympic Games - applies only to its athletics federation and followed a Wada report last year that alleged "state-sponsored doping".

Meldonium
Thought to improve stamina and endurance
Designed to treat ischemia and used by diabetes suffers
Banned by Wada since 1 January 2016
Featured on Wada's watch list in 2015
Last week, Russia's four-time breaststroke world champion Yuliya Efimovafailed an out-of-competition test.

World number seven Sharapova, meanwhile, failed a drugs test at the Australian Open.

The 28-year-old said she had been taking meldonium since 2006 for health reasons.
According to Wada, a substance may be "considered" for the prohibited list if it meets two of the following three criteria:
· Enhances performance
· Poses a threat to athlete health
· Violates the spirit of sport
A substance can be added to the prohibited list without first featuring on the watch list.

http://www.globalreportc.ml/2016/03/sport-four-russian-athletes-have-tested.html
Re: Four Russian Athletes Have Tested Possitive To The Banned Drug Meldonium by Delphi(m): 2:02pm On Mar 21, 2016
No place in this world is as corrupt as in Russia. If they check both their footballers and basketball players all will test positive to banned substances. Na their way.

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