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"She said she took these for many, many years and then didn't read the memorandum that came out. I don't think that Maria Sharapova would continue doing something, especially being in the limelight, if there was something she knew about."
MTS Nutrition CEO discusses tennis player Maria Sharapova's possible ban.By Tuesday morning Nike, Porsche, and Tag Heuer had all severed ties with Sharapova. Expert doctors were also jumping on the anti-Sharapova bandwagon, chiming in that a healthy athlete would in no way need to take the banned substance meldonium.
"I received a letter from the ITF that I failed a drugs test at the Australian Open. I take full responsibility for it. For the past ten years I have been given a medicine called mildronate by my family doctor and a few days ago after I received the ITF letter I found out that it also has another name of meldonium which I did not know. It is very important for you to understand that for ten years this medicine was not on WADA's banned list and I had legally been taking the medicine for the past ten years. But on January 1st [2016] the rules had changed and meldonium became a prohibited substance which I had not known. I was given this medicine by my doctor for several health issues that I was having in 2006."
According to Forbes, Maria Sharapova has been the highest earning female tennis player each of the last 11 years. She faces a stiff penalty, as much as a four year ban from Tennis. While some experts say a ban of this duration is unlikely to occur, there is a strong possibility that Sharapova may incur a one year penalty."Demonstrates an increase in endurance performance of athletes, improved rehabilitation after exercise, protection against stress, and enhanced activations of central nervous system (CNS) functions."