Sharapova busted for meldonium

XFIT BRO THE REAL ONE 1 wrote:

Sounds like an honest mistake.

Not likely. Sharapova lives in the U.S., and meldonium hasn't been approved by the FDA, so it can't be prescribed in the U.S. It has been approved in Lithuania and Russia, though (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meldonium).

So she was probably getting the drug from Russia.

Besides, why would a perfectly healthy athlete need a drug used to treat angina and myocardial infarction?

Cheating is the only explanation that makes any sense.

Here in Japan, one woman ex-pro tennis play who now works as a TV commentator just pointed all this out, so nobody's buying it.

Collateral Damage wrote:

One thing about Alberto, he is anal about this stuff. No NOPers will get popped for meldo. He is the grey-area wizard.

Right on cue, the weaselly insinuator sticks his pointy little nose out of his burrow.

Looks like spring will arrive early this year.

supernovas wrote:

I watched the admission here

http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/07/tennis/maria-sharapova-tennis-injuries/index.html

She took full responsibility for it and was transparent. She's still beautiful. Nothing will change that.

Yeah, give her a pass because she's pale and white. You all are full of crap on here. If it were any black female athlete you all would be throwing blows at her.

Why is meldonium banned? Seems like it does a lot of good stuff without any real side effects. What's the problem?

Did the WADA confirm that's what she tested positive for, or does that stay confidential and this is just her claim?

Best legs in tennis, but her overall looks are overrated. 8/10 at best.

jamin wrote:

Best legs in tennis, but her overall looks are overrated. 8/10 at best.

yeah whatever dude. you're only trying to ease the blow you suffered to your fap fantasy when you found that she is unclean. Im sure she was a 10/10 in your fap fantasy before this revelation.

she owned up to it right away. i like thatwonder how great it is?!

Doping hottie wrote:

Claims she has been taking the drug for 10 years for clinical reasons. Same drug as the "Swedish" cheater. Her excuse is that she didn't know it was added to the banned list, unacceptable for someone so

high profile

I don't understand why people keep saying this drug has no side effects. You don't know that much about it, as this drug really hasn't been tested (thus why it does not have FDA approval). Here's a news flash, pretty much every drug has side effects, which is why you don't take drugs unless you need to. The dopers try to stay ahead of the test, and the reason there are so many positives popping up, is the test is finally starting to catch up (albeit too late for some athletes, who were beaten by these cheaters). The true side effects of this drug won't be plainly visible until the athletes stop using it. I think there are going to be a lot of big names (mostly from Eastern Block countries and Ethiopia) that have a significant drop off in performance this year.

Doping hottie wrote:

Claims she has been taking the drug for 10 years for clinical reasons. Same drug as the "Swedish" cheater. Her excuse is that she didn't know it was added to the banned list, unacceptable for someone so

high profile

Its not really that illegal, in fact she's probably taking it for anxiety and has been misdiagnosed as a heart condition. A better drug would just be revia/depade.

HeyHey wrote:

She's using a drug used to treat heart failure for 10 yrs and she's only 28 yo. Hmmm.

My brother died of heart failure when he was 17.

I don't know anything about Sharapova but this is a dumb reason to be suspicious.

A Magnesium deficiency? here take Meldonium, although it definitely doesn't contain any Magnesium.

A lot of people have probable mag deficiency from living in areas with soft water. Dietary mag doesn't absorb well at all, but absorbs great from drinking and bathing in tap water. Soft water areas have higher rates of heart disease.

Drinking bottled water is foolish.

Bad Wigins wrote:

A lot of people have probable mag deficiency from living in areas with soft water. Dietary mag doesn't absorb well at all, but absorbs great from drinking and bathing in tap water. Soft water areas have higher rates of heart disease.

Drinking bottled water is foolish.

LETS GIVE THEM MELDONIUM THEN

cmon. the magnesium deficiency is just a red herring/excuse they backdated for a pseudoscience justification to be on a fking ischemic drug.

WAT

main question is what are wada up to.

is ban justified or are they simply targeting russia again

nd so winning fight !!

XFIT BRO THE REAL ONE 1 wrote:

Sounds like an honest mistake. She had been taking that medication for many years and then they added it to the list without noticing her.

In the end, she is still the most attractive tennis player. Not as BUFF as Serena Williams, but she has nice features.

She'll probably get away with a warning and that's fine by me.

I think a spanking is called for.

where do ethiopia fit into this,

only take down aregawi and go easy on rest...

wada stink ,real doper serena carry on.

markschultz25 wrote:

supernovas wrote:

I watched the admission here

http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/07/tennis/maria-sharapova-tennis-injuries/index.html

She took full responsibility for it and was transparent. She's still beautiful. Nothing will change that.

Yeah, give her a pass because she's pale and white. You all are full of crap on here. If it were any black female athlete you all would be throwing blows at her.

Quite an assumption.

theohiostate wrote:

markschultz25 wrote:

Yeah, give her a pass because she's pale and white. You all are full of crap on here. If it were any black female athlete you all would be throwing blows at her.

Quite an assumption.

Its not an assumption blood. Don't correct me when I'm wrong, when I'm wrong, I'm right blood.

Rare Peep wrote:

Doping hottie wrote:

Claims she has been taking the drug for 10 years for clinical reasons. Same drug as the "Swedish" cheater. Her excuse is that she didn't know it was added to the banned list, unacceptable for someone so

high profile

Its not really that illegal, in fact she's probably taking it for anxiety and has been misdiagnosed as a heart condition. A better drug would just be revia/depade.

Did everybody see the ESPN article today? The normal course for this drug is 4-6 weeks, and she has been taking it for 10 years. The justice in this situation is she was taking a drug she had no need for (and likely did not have a heart condition when she started taking it) and now that she is going to stop taking it, she might find she now has a heart condition (which is why you don't take heart medication when you don't need it).