MOSCOW (AP) — With the sports world’s attention focused on Maria Sharapova’s positive test for meldonium, three other doping cases among elite Russian athletes have emerged in the last two days.
World champion speedskater Pavel Kulizhnikov, Olympic gold medal-winning ice dancer Ekaterina Bobrova and national team volleyball player Alexander Markov are all suspected of taking meldonium, according to Russian reports.
The 21-year-old Kulizhnikov has won five world championship gold medals since the start of 2015. He is also world record-holder in the 500 meters.
Russian speedskating coach Dmitry Dorofeev did not say when or where Kulizhnikov tested positive for meldonium, which has been …read more
Source: KXAN
