Many Recent Athlete Doping Cases Involve Meldonium Use - WADA Spokesman

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An employee working in the laboratory of the anti-doping center accredited by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), in Moscow - Sputnik International
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Lead Spokesman for WADA said that a large number of athletes tested positive for doping since the start of 2016 have been taking meldonium.

Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko gives a press conference on November 30, 2010 in Zurich before his country's 2018 World Cup bid to world football's ruling body FIFA - Sputnik International
Several Russian Athletes May Be Disqualified Over Meldonium Use
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — A large number of athletes tested positive for doping since the start of 2016 have been taking meldonium, Lead Spokesman for the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Ben Nichols said Tuesday.

​On Monday, Maria Sharapova, a five-time Grand Slam champion, said that earlier this year she had tested positive for meldonium, an anti-ischemic drug used in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union to treat heart conditions.

The incident comes following the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) November report, in which the agency accused Russia of numerous breaches of global anti-doping regulations and recommended the country be banned from international athletics competitions.

Earlier on Tuesday, Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko stated that several Russian athletes may be banned from sport over the use of meldonium, while mass disqualifications are not expected.

WADA banned meldonium from use by athletes on January 1, 2016. The agency considers the drug to be a metabolic modulator that increases athletes' endurance and shortens post-exercise rehabilitation time, as well as enhancing central nervous system activation.

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