Meldonium found 40 doping tests Russian athletes – RBC

meldonium found 40 doping tests Russian athletes

Russian athletes from more than ten kinds of sports in January February this year passed 40 doping tests, which revealed the contents of their meldonium body, reports « R-Sport ».

Mildronat ( tradename meldonium drug) was introduced by the World Anti-Doping Agency ( WADA) list of prohibited substances in the January 1, 2016.

«For the first two months of 2016 around 40 doping tests Russian athletes in more than ten sports tested positive for meldonium. An important point – the number of doping tests is not equal to the number of athletes, as some passed the doping test several times, in this case we are talking about the number of positive samples “, – said a source« R-Sport . »

Earlier on Monday became aware of four positive doping samples taken at the winter championship Russian athletics. The use of a prohibited substance implicated Gulshat Fazlitdinova Andrew Minzhulin Olga Vovk Nadezhda Kotljarova

Fazlitdinova -. Summer championship silver medalist Russia-2015 at a distance of 5000 meters. In the winter championship of Russia, which took place on February 23-25 ​​in the athletics arena of CSKA, she showed the eighth time. Minzhulin won in the women’s 5,000 meters for men. Vovk ranked fifth in the 3000m steeplechase. Kotljarova was third in the women’s 400 meters.

«Hope to take this medication on doctor’s advice at least six months, but then stopped using it. We have no one said how long the drug is derived from the body. A strange situation indeed. We are waiting for further developments “, – said personal trainer Kotlyarova Sergey Vorobiev

« When the notification came, we were very surprised, because we have about a year warned of the ban, and of the concentration of the drug that is found, it is. small, only 25 nanograms. I graduated use this medication long before it was banned.

I consider myself innocent, we are a victim of circumstances. It is a pity, because the Olympic year, and that’s how knock people out of the rut. We have already submitted a request for opening of the B sample, I do not know that there will be, but we have to go to the end, and no self-doubt, we will do all the steps, “- said Kotljarova.

 

meldonium been forbidden to eat from 1 January 2016. From this moment the drug used all over the world are found to more than a hundred athletes. Including positive tests for meldonium previously passed 16 Russian athletes: skater Paul Pavel Kulizhnikov biathlete Eduard Latypov, cyclist Eduard Vorganov, skater Ekaterina Bobrova, Maria Sharapova, short trekisty Semen Yelistratov and Ekaterina Konstantinova, volleyball player Alexander Markin, rugby players Alexei and Alyona Mihaltsovy, bobsledder Nadezhda Sergeeva, swimmer Yuliya Efimova and athletes Gulshat Fazlitdinova Andrew Minzhulin Olga Vovk Nadezhda Kotljarova.

 

At the beginning of November last year, WADA Independent Commission accuses Russia in the system of doping and recommended IAAF disqualify VFLA. IAAF followed this recommendation, so that all Russian athletes were barred from international competitions. Including Russian athletes were not able to perform at the room, which was held in the United States for the World Athletics Championships in March.

Also, Russia was deprived of the right to host the 2016 Race Walking in Cheboksary and Junior Championship World Cup peace in Kazan. VFLA to restore membership IAAF will be required to fulfill a number of requirements.