The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) may make a decision on the doping case of Ufa hockey playersTolpara “, playing in the Youth Hockey League (MHL), in December, said the general director of “Match”Salavat Yulaev » Rinat Bashirov.
In April, RUSADA announced it was investigating seven positive doping tests among Tolpara players; meldonium had been found in the samples.
— There was a long pause on the part of RUSADA, the agency could not reach a verdict. But young hockey players found themselves without training.
— Salavat Yulaev cannot influence the speed of the decision. But I know the guys stay in shape. According to our information, a decision on this case will be taken in December.
A very long time indeed. There has been a break in their career since March. But we work with RUSADA and exchange information. We provided them with documents with our explanations of how we understand this process and why this happened. We hope that a fair decision will be made.
— The players themselves accuse coach Igor Zagretdinov, but you defend him and did not even fire him. For what?
— From the documents we received from RUSADA, it is clear that all guilt has been removed from him. There is no evidence that he was involved in players taking meldonium. This is an official document of RUSADA,” Bashirov told .
Source : MatchTV
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