Maria Sharapova admits to failing drug test, will be provisionally banned
 

(CNN)Maria Sharapova, who has long been the world's richest female athlete, will be suspended from tennis after she admitted to failing a drug test at the Australian Open in January.

A sombre looking Sharapova, in a press conference in Los Angeles on Monday, said she had been taking the drug, meldonium, ever since 2006 and didn't realize that it became a banned substance by the World Anti-Doping Agency at the start of 2016.

The International Tennis Federation, about an hour after her admission, said on its website that the 28-year-old would be provisionally banned from March 12 "pending determination of the case." The usual penalty for first-time offenders is two years.

Maria Sharapova fails drug test - CNN.com

She is hot, she should be forgiven.

Fucking doped up cheating Russians. She should get stripped of all her titles and forced to forfeit all the winnings. Split it up between the players who lost to a fucking Russian cheater.

75 days ago it wasn't banned

It's up to her and her team to keep informed about what is or isn't banned. Any matches won between then and now should be vacated and she should be banned for the rest of the year imho and allowed to play next year

great copy and paste :2 cents:

Make her play oiled up and nude and we'll call it even :2 cents:

or just without a bra or panties.. Ever wished a hot tennis player would just forget to put on panties before a match?

She makes more in endorsements or at least she was

Here is part of the statement from her lawyer. It seems that the EKG tests, etc., could be submitted for independent medical review and if this drug was prescribed for a legitimate medical purpose, and was effective, there should be some leniency involved, especially since it was just banned. Seems to me that when a previously allowed drug is banned, the athletes who were taking it should be notified AND be required to respond that they are aware of the change.

"I want people to know that for 10 years Maria took this substance, which was recommended to her by her doctor after he did an extensive battery of tests to determine what medical conditions were causing her to be sick on a frequent basis. He found that she had abnormal EKG readings, that she had some diabetes indicators and when he coupled that with a family medical history of those issues, as well as low magnesium and some immune deficiencies, it was his job as her doctor to prescribe or recommend the medication that would help her be healthy.

As it turned out, this was one of them. He checked them all and they were all not on the ban list and she was able to take them. These medications helped her. They brought her back to baseline, they eliminated or reduced some of the medical conditions she was dealing with. So with 10 years she proceeded on and legally and properly took this medication to keep these low-established medical conditions under control. Regrettably, when they added this to the ban list on January 1 of this year, she did not pick that up. So for 25 days out her long career she was not in compliance with the WADA requirements for banned substances."

wait, people actually care about this issue? I just came in cause it was a woman tennis player and I hoped she took sexy pictures when she was drugged up :2 cents:

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What is wrong with you?:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

cheating russians :321GFY

So basicly she was on that drug for decade?

Free Maria.

Fucking cheaters. It's proven to enhance blood pressure and is not FDA approved - never has been. It's approved in Russia, but never the U.S. And she's been taking it for 6 years? Since she was 18? Hmm...it gives you an athletic advantage and she's been taking it since she was 18. Just because something is "legal" in Mother Russia and not banned, it's usually because they don't know enough about it to test it.

fucking American cheater:mad:
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it is Anna Kurnikova but tnx for sharing:thumbsup

I know ignorance isn't a defense, but of all the stories I've heard about failed drug tests, this is by far the only one i'd give an 'eh' to.

sure! :thumbsup it's all the same to me! :1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

who gives a fuck - i rather see her than the williams brothers

YUUUUUUP :2 cents::thumbsup:thumbsup

yea, 18 year old athlete had a rare heart condition and took a performance enhancing drug for legitimate medical reason... sounds legit... :thumbsup

True, true. :1orglaugh

I offer determine the winners through a voting, it's be democratic.
and no matter who ran the first :1orglaugh

She's a naughty Russian girl.

Lots of money on her name so she has to spend somehow

I don't think the fact that she is Russian has anything to do with it. There are people all over the world who are doing it. Thanks for the gif, haven't seen that before. :)))

Nike, Porsche and a few others already dropped her. They all look like idiots, if you ask me, considering what the known facts are.

wow shocking, a bunch more russians who didn't read the english fine print.

i sure hope this isn't political in any way

I was about to give me :2 cents: until I saw this... Right click. Save. :1orglaugh:thumbsup

its a new drug ban tho she might not have known :2 cents::2 cents::2 cents: