Doping was in the body Bobrova in the last 24 hours of stay in the European Championship

Doping scandal involving Russian skaters Ekaterina Bobrova. Opinions and comments

Illegal drug got into the body figure skater Ekaterina Bobrova in the last 24 hours of her stay at the European Championships, the dose was decent, said the agency "F-Sport" Alexander Zhulin, coach of the dance duo Bobrova and Dmitry Solovyov.

Earlier Bobrova said, that she and Dmitri Soloviev not perform in competitions dancers at the World Cup in the US Boston due to the fact that in her doping sample taken after the European Championship in Bratislava, has been found illegal drug Meldonium (mildronate).

"Kate is sober and wise woman, - said Zhulin on the phone -. She herself in life would not have done this and dose there, as I understand it, a decent enough Accordingly, it somehow got into her body in the past 24 hours stay on.. European championship. I am shocked by this situation, even demoralized ... of course, we all hold out in this situation, but this to me the first time. it is hoped to correct competent investigation and that the perpetrators will be punished. "

Mildronate was added to the list of prohibited substances World Anti-Doping Agency since January 1, 2016. Meldonium is a Prohibited Substance in competition and Out-and is classified as "hormones and modulators of metabolism."