RUSADA investigates a coach who incited a tennis player to drugs

The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) is investigating coach Alexei Rozhnov, who, according to tennis player Elizaveta Demina, encouraged her to use meldonium. This has been reported “Pair TV”.

Previously, Demina was banned for three years. use of meldonium. In “Match TV” interview is out Athletes he says his trainer convinced him to use a banned substance.

Meldonium was found in a 20-year-old athlete’s doping test at a tournament in Kazan on 23 November. The tennis player was suspended from competition on January 21, 2022, and was found guilty of using a banned substance a week later.

Demina’s disqualification period will expire on January 20, 2025.

It was reported earlier that the skier of the Russian national team Alexander Bolshunov. most tested RUSADA as a skier since the beginning of 2022.

From January to April this year, Bolshunov was tested four times for banned substances. Last year, the skier was tested five times a year.



Source: Gazeta

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