In the doping test of the Russian tennis player Elizaveta Demina, the banned drug meldonium was found, the press service of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) reports.
The 20-year-old athlete has been suspended from competition since January 21, and was notified of the anti-doping rule violation on January 11. Demina has the right to appeal the suspension, but has not yet done so.
The tennis player passed a positive test on November 23 last year at competitions in Kazan. At that tournament, she competed in doubles and reached the second round.
Demina at the end of last year took part in three tournaments of one of the lowest categories (ITF World Tennis Tour). The athlete has no titles.
Russian figure skater was disqualified for two years for doping Furosemide, a diuretic used to remove doping from the blood, was found in his sample.
Meldonium has been on the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) banned substance list since January 1, 2016. In the first months of 2016, nearly 300 Russian athletes tested positive for doping. Later, WADA published data from a study on the timing of the withdrawal of a substance from the body, as a result of which most of the athletes were justified.
In March 2016, the substance was found in a doping test of tennis player Maria Sharapova, who later admitted to using meldonium after it became banned. The Russian was disqualified for two years, later CAS reduced her suspension to 15 months.
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