Comments Thread For: Povetkin Tests Positive For Meldonium, Wilder Title Off

[HanzGruber]

when the whole sharapova thing happened if i don't remember wrong they said that this substance was banned earlier this year

banned starting in jan but was announced by wada and russian anti doping that it was gonna be banned back in sept

[bigjavi973]

Two sources with knowledge of test have told ESPN that Povetkin tested positive for meldonium with title fight vs Wilder a week away.

— Dan Rafael (@danrafaelespn) May 13, 2016

Status of the #WilderPovetkin fight is unclear at the moment after Povetkin's positive test. #boxing

— Dan Rafael (@danrafaelespn) May 13, 2016

Povetkin's positive test was in a VADA-conducted urine test. #boxing

— Dan Rafael (@danrafaelespn) May 13, 2016

just smh

[MDPopescu]

A good article on Russia's state sponsored drug cheating system

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/13/sp...smtyp=cur&_r=1

Those ****** Russians are doing these since like 5 decades back now...

[techliam]

How serious is meldonium though? What qualities of the drug enhances your performance?

Works well enough that athletes across the world seem to depend on it...

[Blue Heffner]

How serious is meldonium though? What qualities of the drug enhances your performance?

Does it matter? It's been on the illegal substance list since September 2015. He knew. Don't give him a pass or try to downplay it. It's on the list TO NOT TAKE.

[SUBZER0ED]

The same way they went light on Sharapova for taking the same drug. Had it been Serena......yup....

You don't think that she-beast is on something? She's a linebacker with ****!

[ThatDude44]

From Russia with drug.

[NEETzsche]

if he gets kod he has a built in excuse lol win win.. would suck to miss out on a big payday like this

maybe they can agree behind the scenes that wilder can get roided off his **** too

i bet that's why salido apparently doesn't mind about vargas failing his test

[RussB23]

Knew he was on peds

[Derranged]

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