MOSCOW, July 17, Andrey Simonenko. Ten more Ufa hockey players youth hockey team «Tolpar» were temporarily suspended after the discovery of meldonium in their doping tests, the press service of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) reported.
In April 2023, the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) reported that seven players of Tolpara, which is the farm club of Salavat Yulaev in the MHL, passed positive doping tests. In September, the Baza Telegram channel reported that seven Tolpara hockey players accused physical training coach Igor Zagretdinov of forcing them to take doping. The hearings ended on February 29, the Disciplinary Anti-Doping Committee (DAC) of RUSADA disqualified the hockey players for a year.
«Currently, RUSADA is processing the results of samples from ten hockey players, in whose samples the prohibited substance meldonium was found in a concentration below the minimum required level for reporting an adverse analytical finding. These samples were submitted later than the samples of those hockey players in whose cases DAC RUSADA made decisions in February 2024, the RUSADA press service reported — Athletes are temporarily suspended from participation in sports activities from the date of notification of a possible violation of anti-doping rules under clause 4.2 of the OAP (Use or attempted use by an athlete of a prohibited substance or a prohibited method). , decisions on applicable sanctions were not made.»