St. PETERSBURG, July 5, Sergey Yaremenko. At the St. Petersburg «Zenith» “We agreed to consider the three-month suspension of basketball player Dmitry Kulagin for doping as an unfortunate misunderstanding,” said Alexander Tserkovny, CEO of the Blue-White-Blues. anti-doping rules. The 30-year-old player's period of ineligibility will begin on June 24, 2022, after the time of the provisional suspension has been served. Later, RUSADA public relations specialist Galina Kovrova said that Kulagin was disqualified for using cannabinoids. «I cannot disclose details, but given the minimum period of disqualification and the fact that Zenit signed a new contract with the player, one can judge the absence of something «serious. Dmitry and I agreed to consider this an unfortunate misunderstanding, from which the correct conclusions will be drawn. Separately, I want to emphasize that the result of the research came after all the final games and the absence of Kulagin in the squad was due solely to injury,» Tserkovny said. on the floor on May 22 in the second game of the final series of the playoffs of the VTB United League against CSKA Moscow.
