basketball club quarterbackZenith » Dmitry Kulagin was able to prove that he took a banned substance during the out-of-competition period, so the period of his disqualification was three months, RUSADA treatment department manager Valeria German told .
Kulagin was suspended for the presence in the doping sample of the substance carboxy – THC – a metabolite of tetrahydrocannabinol. The 30-year-old basketball player’s sentence will expire on September 2.
– The athlete presented us with his explanations, which we sent to the laboratory to verify the version. Only the actual circumstances were sent to the laboratory without any data identifying the athlete. The lab told us that the version presented by the athlete may exist, i.e. this scenario is possible. Thus, RUSADA decided that the athlete proved the use of this substance during the out-of-competition period, and the concentration of the prohibited substance in the athlete’s sample spoke of the same. RUSADA disqualified the athlete for three months, we did not hold hearings, because the athlete accepted this sanction, Herman said on .
In July, the basketball player extended his contract with Zenit for two years. Previously he played for Nizhny Novgorod, Triumph, Krasnye Krylia, Lokomotiv Kuban and CSKA, with whom he became Euroleague champion in 2016.
Source : MatchTV
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