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Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova denies that received five warnings about making a January 1, 2016 meldonium in the list of prohibited drugs.
Sharapova admits his blame for carelessness, but insists on the fact that some media wrongly convey facts related to the doping scandal
“It’s not true, it just was not”, -. wrote Sharapova in his “Facebook” on the charges her that she ignored not one but at least five letters banning meldonium.
The newspaper The Times states that only in December last year, all tennis players were sent three notifications from the International tennis Federation and two from Women’s tennis Association, and before that there were other reports that shortly meldonium begin to be considered doping.
According to Sharapova, can not be considered a “warning” newsletters that do not directly relate to doping topics, but only allow the athlete through a series of links to relevant websites to find information about the new list of prohibited drugs.
“Perhaps one of the journalists call this a warning. I think most people would call it is too confusing way, “- says Maria Sharapova
.” I hope that I would be allowed to play again. But whatever happened, I want you, my fans to know the truth “, – concludes the athlete.
On Monday, Sharapova admitted that in January, did not pass the doping test during the tournament Grand Slam Australia.
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