Kiev. Ukraine. Ukraine Gate – January 8, 2021 – Sport
Ukrainian tennis player Diana Yastremskaya was temporarily suspended from the competition due to prohibited doping in her tests. Elimination of action at the time of the investigation.
On November 24, 2020, Yastremskaya passed the urine test outside the competition.
“This sample was sent to an accredited laboratory of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in Montreal, Canada for analysis, and was found to contain a metabolite of mesterolone,” the statement said.
Mesterolone is an androgenic and anabolic steroid used mainly to treat low testosterone levels. It is included in the list of banned drugs WADA.
“On December 22, 2020, Ms. Yastremskaya was charged with violating the anti-doping rule,” the Federation said.
The tennis player herself posted her position on Twitter. In a statement, she stressed that she had never used any substances to improve performance or banned substances. Yastremskaya said she was shocked and shocked.
According to her, on November 9, she took another such test at the tournament in Linz, and it was negative. After that last tournament in 2020, she stopped playing tennis to relax before the new season.
The tennis player, referring to the words of experts, says that the low level of mesterolone in the urine may indicate contamination of her sample.
“You understand that due to the confidentiality of the procedures, I will not be able to provide any more information at this stage. But I am now working with my team, and I assure you that I am very determined to do everything to clear my name, ”she said.
Diana Yastremska ranks 21st in the ranking of the Women’s Tennis Association.
