Promoter Andrey Ryabinsky believes that the discovery of Meldonium at boxer super heavyweight Alexander Povetkin is politics. He wrote about this in his microblog on Twitter.
He said that the contents of Meldonium in the blood Povetkin is 70 nanograms. “It seems that Boxing politics intervened. Sorry!” — he wrote.
Ryabinsky also said that the boxer did not use Meldonium since January of this year. “Povetkin used Meldonium in September last year, when this drug was allowed. Since January, Alexander never used it, and did not violate anti-doping rules,” reads the message representing the athlete, promoter, published on the website of the company “World of Boxing”. He admitted that in the body of a boxer “something might remain from last year, as in some cases it appears quite long.”
The President of the world Boxing Council (WBC) Mauricio Sulaiman announced that the decision on carrying out the fight between Povetkin and American Deontay Wilder will be taken during the day. “We are studying all documents, collect all the facts, and then make a statement”, — he declared in interview to Agency “R-Sport”.
May 13, journalist, ESPN’s Dan Rafael reported that Povetkin passed a positive doping test for Meldonium. According to him, Meldonium was identified from the results of urine analysis.
21 may Povetkin in Moscow should conduct a title fight for the title of world champion under version WBC American Deontay Wilder. In the record of American 36 wins (35 knockouts) and no defeats. Povetkin 30 wins (22 by knockout) and one defeat.
Meldonium was in the list of prohibited substances on 1 January 2016. Under the new rules of the world anti-doping Agency (WADA), the content of at least 1 microgram of Meldonium in the doping trial of the athlete, rented till March 1, 2016, is a valid indicator. In this case, the final decision on the admission of sportsmen to competitions are made by the international Federation or the Russian anti-doping Agency (RUSADA).
