The press service of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) told that the agency would continue proceedings against 10 hockey players from the Youth Hockey League (MHL) club.Tolpar “, whose temporary suspension had previously been lifted.
Earlier, the press service of the legal company Clever Consult, which represented the interests of athletes, reported that the RUSADA Anti-Doping Disciplinary Committee (DAC) had lifted the temporary suspension of Ufa Tolpara hockey players, in whose doping tests traces of meldonium were found.
— On August 7, a hearing was held on the issue of lifting the temporary suspension of 10 Tolpara athletes. The DAC, having considered all the materials in the case as well as the athletes’ petitions, decided to cancel the optional temporary suspension. The procedure for processing results for athletes is continuing in accordance with the International Standard for the Processing of Results. The date of the meeting of the commission for the main hearings has not yet been set, the RUSADA press service informed .
In April last year, RUSADA announced that it was investigating seven positive doping tests among Tolpara players, in whose samples meldonium was found. In August 2023, the Ufa club announced that the Investigative Commission had opened a case regarding the discovery of doping among hockey players. On February 29, 2024, the RUSADA Anti-Doping Disciplinary Commission (DAC) recognized that seven Tolpara players had violated anti-doping rules and disqualified the athletes for one year, including the period of temporary suspension.
On July 17, RUSADA announced that it had suspended 10 more Tolpara hockey players due to traces of meldonium in doping tests.
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