Alexander Krushelnitsky tests positive for meldoniumSet to be stripped of mixed curling bronze,won with wifeThe Russian curler Alexander Krushelnitsky has been formally charged with a doping offence by the Court of Arbitration for Sport after testing positive for the banned substance meldonium. He is now likely to be stripped of his mixed curling bronze medal, won with his wife Anastasia Bryzgalova last week, or there are also growing questions approximately the International Olympic Committee’s decision to allow 168 Russians to compete here under a neutral flag despite the country’s massive state-sponsored doping programme in Sochi.
But as Krushelnitsky was leaving the Winter Olympics on Monday morning his Olympic Athletes of Russia team-mates were insisting that he was innocent. “We were all shocked when we found out,” said Viktoria Moiseeva. “Of course we very much hope it was some kind of mistake. With us it’s not faster, higher, and stronger; it’s approximately being more accurate. I can’t imagine what kind of drugs you could utilize in curling … so it’s very tough to believe.”Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk