Maria Sharapova
Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova admitted doping. According to her, the positive sample was taken during the Australian Open earlier this year
Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova admitted doping. It is announced at a press conference in Los Angeles, which is a direct translation of Reuters.
The athlete said that a week ago received a letter from the International Tennis Federation, which said that it “failed doping test”. Its sample was found meldonium. “I made a huge mistake. I take full responsibility for it, “- said Sharapova
Tennis player said that” I would not want to so terminate his career. “. “I really hope that I will get another chance to continue to play this game,” – said athlete
Sharapova said she took meldonium over the past ten years.. “However, the medication was banned, what I did not know as of January 1 this year. December 22, I received an email from the WADA, which reported the changes made to the list of prohibited drugs. The link can be found, it looks like this list, but I have not clicked on it “, – explained the Russian woman. Tennis apologized for having let down their fans and caused damage to the sport, which deals with “four years».
The sample gave a positive result, it was taken at the Australian Open. At this tournament, Sharapova reached the quarterfinals, where he lost to American Serena Williams. She said she did not yet know what will be disciplinary action. Later on the website of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) published a press release stating that Sharapova will be pre-barred since 12 March.
The President of the Russian Tennis Federation Shamil Tarpishchev suggested that Sharapova will be able to play at the Olympics -2016 in Rio de Janeiro, in spite of a failed doping test. “I think all this is nonsense. Athletes take what they give physiotherapists or doctors. I think that still Sharapova will play in the Olympics. Though it is necessary to watch how things develop, “- he Tass said
Earlier on Monday, it was announced that the Olympic champions in ice dancing Yekaterina Bobrova and Dmitry Solovyov will miss the World Cup in 2016 due to the fact. that mildronat (trade name meldonium metabolic agents) has been detected in the sample Bobrova. This is a substance found in a doping test Sharapova.
Maria Sharapova became the first and only Russian tennis player who managed to win all the tournaments, “Grand Slam” in his career (except it did it nine tennis players in history). She has twice won the “Roland Garros” and once won the US Open, Wimbledon and the Australian Open. In addition, in 2012, the athlete won silver at the Olympic Games in London. In 2004, the Russian has won the WTA Championships final.
In June 2015 Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova, the 11 th consecutive year, was the most consistent athlete by Forbes magazine. How to calculate the publication over the past year before that it earned $ 29.7 million, of which $ 6.7 million accounted for the prize for participating in the tournaments, and $ 23 million – money from advertising contracts. Sportswoman is working with companies such as Porsche and Nike.
M.Sharapova failed a doping test at the Grand Slam tournament in Australia
Video: RBC TV Channel
The doping scandal surrounding Russian athletes broke out in November last year. Then the independent World Anti-Doping Agency Commission (WADA) has published a report in which it accused the Ministry of Sports of Russia and FSB of interfering in the work of the accredited anti-doping laboratory in Moscow. According to WADA data, at the end of 2014 1 417 doping tests before checking in the laboratory were destroyed. After the publication of the report of the agency Russian athletes suspended from all competitions under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).
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