Russian athletes have passed more than 40 positive samples on meldonium – RIA Novosti

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MOSCOW, March 21 – R-Sport. Russian athletes from more than ten kinds of sports surrendered 40 doping tests, which gave a positive result on meldonium, said the agency “F-Sport” a source familiar with the situation.

on March 21, 2016 in the use of the drug have been convicted of more than ten Russians, including Maria Sharapova, skater Ekaterina Bobrova , skater Paul Pavel Kulizhnikov, short trekisty Semen Yelistratov and Ekaterina Konstantinova, volleyball player Alexander Markin, biathlete Eduard Latypov, rugby Alain and Alex Mihaltsovy, swimmer Yulia Efimova, bobsledder Nadezhda Sergeeva, cyclist Eduard Vorganov, who became the first Russian athlete whose sample was positive on meldonium. Four positive doping tests were commissioned during the winter championship of Russia in athletics, one of them belongs to Hope Kotlyarova, which confirmed it in an interview with “R-Sport”.

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

meldonium included in the list of prohibited substances World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) from January 1, 2016.. According to recent reports, a substance found in the samples of about 100 athletes

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