Banned drug used by 100s last year
By Agence France Presse In London | China Daily | Updated: 2016-03-11 08:06
About 490 athletes, including 13 medalists, may have taken meldonium - the drug responsible for tennis star Maria Sharapova's failed dope test - at last year's European Games in Baku.
Research supporting that estimate was 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 Jan 1 with research, carried out on behalf of the European Olympic committees, contributing to the global watchdog's decision.
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