Drugs in UK sports....

[yellowcard]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/35750285
Sharapova caught! No more perving for a while now ffs.

More evidence of just how far ahead the dopers are of the testers. If Sharapova is on Meldonium for a disease then God knows what Djokovic and Serena are taking. It was also bizarre how she announced her own drugs test failure, where was the governing body. Tennis as a sport has a serious problem with little or no regulation. Djokovic was barely able to complete 5 sets up until 5/6 years ago, all of a sudden he went gluten free and turned into the marathon man, whilst Serena is built like a body builder.

[Saffrongael]

So she forgot to click on an email link

puuullleezzzzzzeeeee

[Orior]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/35750285
Sharapova caught! No more perving for a while now ffs.

Okay, so she failed a drug test. I still wouldn't chuck her out of bed.

[Dinny Breen]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/35750285
Sharapova caught! No more perving for a while now ffs.

Okay, so she failed a drug test. I still wouldn't chuck her out of bed.

Except she probably has a dick downstairs now.....

<hmmm Orior still thinking about it>

[Dinny Breen]

Every sport is drug infested, as someone pointed out to me you have the lads in the gym doing steroids to look good in the mirror. It's human nature to cheat...



Women's 1500m final 2012 Olympics

[Declan]

https://twitter.com/PaulKimmage/status/707143924108886016

[Declan]

Surprise Surprise Serena defends her good friend
http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/mar/08/serena-williams-maria-sharapova-courage-drug-confession-meldonium?CMP=share_btn_tw

[AQMP]

The manufacturer of the drug says the normal course of treatment is four to six weeks (though this may be repeated 2 -3 times per year).  It is meant for people with chronic heart conditions.

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/mar/08/meldonium-treatment-four-to-six-weeks-maria-sharapova

[Declan]

The manufacturer of the drug says the normal course of treatment is four to six weeks (though this may be repeated 2 -3 times per year).  It is meant for people with chronic heart conditions.

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/mar/08/meldonium-treatment-four-to-six-weeks-maria-sharapova

And full clinical trials didn't take place till 2008 but she's been on it since 2006

[Dinny Breen]

1 in 5 Russian athletes on it too..

[Saffrongael]

1 in 5 Russian athletes on it too..

What about the other 4 

[Declan]

LONDON (AFP) - 
Some 490 athletes, including 13 medallists, may have taken meldonium -- the drug responsible for tennis star Maria Sharapova's failed dope test -- at last year's European Games in Baku, according to research published on Wednesday in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.

Meldonium was placed on the World Anti-Doping Agency's list of banned substances on January 1, with the research, carried out on behalf of the European Olympic Committees, contributing to the global watchdog's decision.

The findings were based on information volunteered by athletes and their medical teams as well as anti-doping tests given at the European Games last June.

Thirteen medallists were found to have been taking meldonium and the drug was detected in athletes competing in 15 of the 21 sports.

Sharapova is not the only Russian sports star to have fallen foul of the new status of meldonium, Russian media said on Tuesday.

The state-run agency TASS reported that volleyball international Alexander Markin, speed skating world champion Pavel Kulizhnikov and short track Olympic champion Semen Yelistratov have also tested positive for meldonium.

Monday saw Sharapova confess to having failed a dope test at the Australian Open in January, with Russian ice dancer Ekaterina Bobrova's positive test for meldonium revealed earlier on Monday.

Former world number one Sharapova said the change in WADA's banned drugs list for 2016 led to an inadvertent violation, for which she will be "provisionally suspended" by the International Tennis Federation.

Sharapova said she originally began taking meldonium for a variety of symptoms, including a tendency to become ill often, an irregular EKG heart test and a family history of diabetes.

Meldonium is used to treat heart trouble, including angina and heart failure.

In adding it to the banned list, WADA said there was evidence it has been used by athletes with the intention of enhancing performance.

But its use since it became a prohibited substance has not been solely a Russian problem, with Sweden's Abeba Aregawi, originally from Ethiopia, the world 1500 metres champion in 2013, Ukrainian biathletes Olga Abramova and Artem Tychtchenko, the Ethiopian marathon runner Endeshaw Negesse and six Georgian wrestlers also returning positive tests.

[Tony Baloney]

It has been banned for 2 months so it's a bit unfair to be hammering people for the use of this compound prior to 1st Jan. However it does go to show that WADA are way behind the athletes in terms of their product knowledge.

[Milltown Row2]

So in terms of improving your performance what does it do?? Are Paralympic athletes tested differently due to possible illnesses they have? Would those banned substances improve their ability to perform??

[Tony Baloney]

So in terms of improving your performance what does it do?? Are Paralympic athletes tested differently due to possible illnesses they have? Would those banned substances improve their ability to perform??

Apparently given to people with ischaemia and it improves blood supply to muscles etc so helps endurance and recovery.