The World’s Highest Paid Female Athlete in All of Sports Banned From Tennis – IOTW Report

The World’s Highest Paid Female Athlete in All of Sports Banned From Tennis

It just seems that to be at the top of your sport in the modern age you have to take performance enhancing drugs.

Maria Sharapova, pictured, has announced she failed a drugs test at the 2016 Australian Open after testing positive for Meldonium

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  • Former Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova tested positive for Meldonium after competing in Australian Open
  • Meldonium was a medicine the Russian ace took for 10 years but it became a prohibited substance on January 1
  • She received letter on December 22 from WADA informing her of changes and she admits she didn’t look at the list
  • It was added because WADA said there ‘evidence of its use by athletes with the intention of enhancing performance’
  • Sharapova said she was taking the medicine for ‘health issues’ including a family history of diabetes
  • International Tennis Federation confirms she will be provisionally suspended from the sport from March 12

 

 

 

17 Comments on The World’s Highest Paid Female Athlete in All of Sports Banned From Tennis

  1. If it’s a professional contest there should be no “prohibited’ drugs. It’s tantamount to outlawing breast implants for strippers and hookers. It is only entertainment.

  2. I saw her win the Australian in Melbourne in 2008. Being there was one of the highlights of my life. I wasn’t going to get tickets for any of the women’s matches. I’m so glad I did. They were a blast to watch-man do they hammer the ball.

    Personally, if it’s the pros, ahh what’s the dif what the hell they take? And she was talking this for 10 years with no beef?

  3. Among the most amazing physical feats I’ve witnessed were Mark McGwire’s batting practices. His homers landed in the upper deck more often than not. But the other players could barely get hits over the wall. Phenomenal. I’m impressed McGwire took dangerous chemicals so I could be entertained.

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