Karim Zidan delves into the discussion surrounding meldonium, the drug that Maria Sharapova tested for.
Back in March, five-time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova stood behind a podium at a press conference she hurriedly called together to inform the media that she had tested positive for meldonium. The revelation indirectly shed light on a sports scandal that now involves more than 30 Russian athletes and over 200 positive tests for the substance since Jan. 1 2016.
After Sharapova's positive test was made public, scores of Russian athletes started to fail drug tests for the same substance. Other athletes include two Ukrainian biathletes, Olga Abramova and Artem Tyschcenko, Russian cyclist Eduard Vorganov, and Russian ice dancer Ekaterina Bobrova.