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Around 40 Russian athletes under investigation for meldonium use

Ersin Çelik
08:497/04/2016, الخميس
U: 7/04/2016, الخميس
REUTERS

A total of around 40 Russian athletes are currently under an investigation for using the banned meldonium substance, Russian Sports Minister Mutko says

A total of around 40 Russian athletes are currently under an investigation for using the banned meldonium substance, Interfax news agency on Thursday quoted Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko as saying.



"If we talk about meldonium, the main task now is to stabilise the situation and minimise our losses," Mutko said. "The second task is to assist those Russian athletes who are under the investigation - there are around 40 of them."





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