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tencats

(567 posts)
Mon Mar 7, 2016, 04:30 PM Mar 2016

Maria Sharapova: I failed drug test at Australian Open

The drug she has been taking is Meldonium. It was added recently to banned drug list.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meldonium

Maria Sharapova said Monday that she had been notified by the International Tennis Federation that she tested positive for a banned substance at the Australian Open in January.
Continue reading the main story
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/08/sports/tennis/maria-sharapova-failed-drug-test.html?_r=0
Sharapova, 28, is one of tennis’s biggest stars and has been the highest-paid female athlete for 11 straight years.
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