Maria Sharapova tested positive during the last Australian Open for the use of a drug that consumes ten years but that is since January 1 on the banned list. The drug in question, the meldonium (or Mildronate) is prescribed since 2006 for “ treat recurring health problems, magnesium deficiency, cardiac arrhythmia and diabetes cases (her) family “.
Mainly used in the prevention of myocardial infarction and treatment of its sequelae, it is classified as metabolic hormones and modulators (group S4) since 1 January 2016 as considered by WADA (World Anti Doping Agency) as a product that allows, in particular, to increase the capacity of the heart muscle and thus improve performance (like the agency stated in its report on the new list of doping products in fall 2015). This is also what was within a German study conducted last year and discussed in recent days by the sprint coach Pierre-Jean Vazel on his blog (hosted by The World) “Faster, higher, stronger” in a post titled “The meldonium: when a drug becomes hijacked doping”. A ticket which also warns that cases of positive tests for the substance likely to multiply “in the coming weeks” .
The meldonium, developed in 1975 – and still produced today – in Latvia (former USSR), is marketed only in the countries of the East (the absence of agreement to be sold on the European and US markets although it is understood findable on the black market). He waves for several weeks doping authorities: the Swedish athlete Abeba Aregawi, world champion in 2013 in the 1,500 Russian skater Ekaterina Bobrova, Ukrainian biathlete Olga Abramova or runner of the Russian cycling team Katusha Edouard Vorganov, among others all tested positive for the substance.
The International Tennis Federation announced just minutes after the end of his press conference that Sharapova was “temporarily suspended from March 12 pending the conduct of the proceedings”. The president of the Russian Tennis Federation Shamil Tarpichev, immediately supported his star: “ I think this is nonsense, nothing more (…) the athletes are taking prescription drugs medical “, he has dealt while Russia is in the sights of WADA for months after an independent commission updated institutionalized doping system in the Russian athletics .
(With AFP)
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