admitted it, stat.
Although her honesty was appreciated and rewarded, it did get her results, rankings and feats disqualified for the Open (up to an including any monies she made at the event).
In March, Sharapova, a 5x Grand Slam champion, admitted she had been taking the drug for about 10 years (as a result of several health related issues). Reportedly however, she stated she did not know the drug was banned (earlier this year).
“I did fail the test, and I take full responsibility for it. It’s very important for you to understand that for 10 years, this medicine was not on WADA [World Anti-Doping Agency]’s banned list and I had been legally taking the medicine for the past 10 years. But on Jan. 1, the rules had changed and meldonium became a prohibited substance, which I did not know. I was given this medicine by my doctor for several health issues I was having in 2006.”
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