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

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Problem with an exemption might be that they require you to list supplements you are taking or have taken (not sure how far back they go with this question). This one with all the news its been making would seem like something you'd wanna mention.

And I mean is it really in his system for 5 months & change? That seems like a really long time to have been in his system. I'd assume based on how much he tested for with this supplement they can guessimate the last usage, but idk that to be a fact I just know its something they can do with other products.

Hopefully there's some way they can tell how long ago he took it based on the amount detected.

If he just took it yesterday then screw him, he's cheating or too dumb to stay up to date with the rules.

But if its some trace amount of a fairly mild drug they just banned, it would be a real pity to cancel the fight.

Who makes the final decision? Can Wilder just understand the situation and say he doesn't care? Or is the whole thing auto-***ed?

[jup11223]

stiverne rematch next

[NEETzsche]

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

• It increases blood flow, which improves exercise capacity in athletes.
• Wada found “evidence of its use by athletes with the intention of enhancing performance” by virtue of carrying more oxygen to muscle tissue.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/20...led-drugs-test

[deanrw]

He cannot claim ignorance on this one. Meldonium is now very well known as banned and has been for months, with Athletes getting banned etc. It has been all over the news.

[RussB23]

Meldonium apparently makes you not get as tired when training from what ive read. I could be wrong though. Looks like povetkin was using it basically to not gas in fights and train harder and longer. Shameless roider

[Boxfan83]

And water is wet.......Everybody who knew Povetkin was the one delaying the fight was because he was cycling!!!!

http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=695885

But they call me crazy on here

lol, 2nd time this week I seen you called it man even quoted it, gotta give you credit for it. Green on the way!

[Dean_Razorback]

will this affect ramirez lebedev? that is the undercard

[aldo5408]

I was at game 7 last night!!!

Go Sharks!!!! And i dont even like hockey but tix fell into my lap. Fans were celebrating by the 2nd period

But yeah i wouldnt go to Russia. Another article about Sochi just dropped i think yesterday or day before

Green k sent. I went to game two! Tickets were too expensive for game 7. You're Hella lucky thst game environment seemed crazy

[Boxfan83]

Russian sports teams talking more pills than a senior citizens home in the US.

lol, abusing more pills than an episode of intervention hahaha

[MDPopescu]

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

It was banned since January 2016 -- WADA only announced meldonium would appear on the 2016 banned list in fall 2015. But Sharapova said she knew the drug only as mildronate, not meldonium... a.s.o.