Mutko claimed responsibility for the scandal with meldonium – RBC

The head of the Ministry of Sports of Russia Vitaly Mutko Photo: Sergey Savostianov / TASS

the head of the Ministry of Sports of Russia Vitaly Mutko claimed responsibility for the scandal with meldonium Russian athletes. He also stated that the substance excreted from the body longer than previously thought

Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko said that as the head of the department shares the responsibility for the recent events with meldonium Russian athletes. He said this at a meeting of the public council at the Ministry of Sports of Russia.

«As head of the industry, I am responsible for my Paul Kulizhnikova for Ekaterina Bobrova, I share a collective responsibility and should be close to them. We must understand that not work, you need to create a system that will protect against things like top athletes, “-. Stressed Mutko (quoted by” Interfax »)

He also noted the need to develop the domestic sports medicine, not to use foreign drugs in sports pharmacology.

The Minister said that meldonium derived from an athlete for a longer time than previously thought. “With meldonium difficult to draw a global conclusion. Until we see that all that he displayed in six days, a mistake. The ban imposed on January 1, and he was accepted in December. Our doctors say that it goes much longer. There may be residual effects, which are more than a hundred days, maybe somewhere in muscle mass, “-. He said,

7 March urgently called press conference Maria Sharapova admitted that its doping test found banned from 1 January meldonium. On the same day it became known that the same drug found in Ekaterina Bobrova test. March 8, said the minister of sports, that people “who do this [take meldonium] understood the responsibility.” “Apparently, we are waiting for some kind of turmoil on the drug. Not everyone made conclusions “, – said Mutko

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in the not treated sample is subsequently found, in particular, the five-time world champion, world record holder in the sprint skater . Pavel Pavel Kulizhnikov, Olympic champion in 2014 in short track Semen Yelistratov, and a representative of the national team in short track Ekaterina Konstantinova

Total sample did not pass the eight Russian athletes, and in the whole world – 60 athletes.