On Monday, the former world number one Maria Sharapova announced she had been at the Australian Open, a positive test resulting from taking a drug, Meldonium , appeared in January 2016 on the list of prohibited goods and the heart of many high profile cases. While tennis fans feared that announcement, at age 28, the end of his career because of injury in a forearm that poisons for months, Sharapova took everyone off balance. “If I had decided to announce the end of my career, I would not have done in a hotel of Los Angeles city center with such a unique carpet,” he smiled shyly champion.
the closed face, the Russian five grand slam titles revealed that the international tennis Federation was notified on March 2 that one of his samples on 26 January in Melbourne was positive. “For ten years, I take a prescription medication to my family doctor (…), this drug was not on the list of products prohibited by WADA, but the rules changed on January 1 and this drug has become a prohibited product, I do not know, “said she said.
Nike reaction was not long in coming. The equipment of the Russian champion keeps his distance. “We are saddened and surprised by the information about Maria Sharapova,” said KeJuan Wilkins, a spokesman. “We have decided to suspend our relationship with Maria the time of the investigation,” he added without further precision. “We will continue to closely monitor (development) of the situation,” said the American giant. Maria Sharapova is one of the most popular brand ambassadors to the point, where she appeared in numerous advertising campaigns and often makes the commercials at major tennis tournaments.
“I am fully responsible “
in his lecture, Maria Sharapova has not blamed her doctor or any other member of his entourage. “I am fully responsible, I made a huge mistake, I received an email from the World Anti-Doping Agency in December end and I did not check the list to see if this drug appeared now on the list of prohibited goods “she admitted. “I am responsible for what I interfere, I pride myself from a young age to be very professional, but I made a huge mistake, I have disappointed my fans, I dropped my sport” regretted Sharapova, who raised $ 29 million gains in 2015, with only seven on the courts. The drug in question, the Meldonium or Mildronate is prescribed since 2006 to “treat recurring health problems, magnesium deficiency, cardiac arrhythmia and diabetes cases (her) family.” Mainly used in the prevention of heart attack, it is classified as metabolic hormones and modulators (group S4) since 1 January 2016.
provisionally Suspended
Meldonium, developed developed in the 1970s in the former USSR, agitated for several weeks doping authorities: the Swedish Abeba Aregawi, 2013 world champion in the 1500m (athletics), the Russian pair Ekaterina Bobrova (figure skating), the biathlete Olga Ukrainian Abramova, the rider of the Russian cycling team Katusha Edouard Vorganov were all tested positive to the substance. The International Tennis Federation announced just minutes after the end of the press conference that Sharapova was “temporarily suspended from March 12 pending the conduct of the proceedings”. In the short term, this suspension does not change the program Sharapova: 7th World player has pulled the Indian Wells tournament which begins Wednesday
It is no longer appeared on the circuit since. ‘Australian open precisely where she had lost in the final to face shifts its great rival, American Serena Williams. “I know that I expose myself to the consequences, but I do not want to end my career that way,” she acknowledged. “I hope I’ll have the chance to play again,” concluded the woman who had left Russia child, not to mention any word of English to become the United States the first Russian world number one and wife of business wise and wealthy.
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