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More Russian athletes test positive for meldonium
Reports of other Russian athletes testing positive for meldonium have surfaced after tennis star Maria Sharapova admitted she failed a drug test for the substance. – Reuters pic, March 8, 2016.Russian Olympic short-track speed skating gold medallist Semion Elistratov and five-time world champion speed skater Pavel Kulizhnikov have tested positive for the drug meldonium, the R-Sport news agency reported on Tuesday.
R-Sport did not say how it had heard about Elistratov's test but quoted Kulizhnikov's father Alexander as saying his son had learned about his positive result "a few days ago".
"Pasha (Pavel) had no reason to take the illegal drug, he was the best anyway," Alexander Kulizhnikov said.
Reuters could not immediately verify the information.
On Monday, Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova revealed that she had tested positive for meldonium, a substance that the World Anti-Doping Agency banned as of January 1. – Reuters, March 8, 2016.
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