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Originally Posted by alnorth
USADA decided to lift Islam Makhachev's suspension, but they are still investigating his test failure. His case is complicated. The substance he got popped for was only added to the banned list recently, on January 1. He said he was prescribed the drug (Meldonium, whatever that is) from a doctor and he stopped taking it after it was banned.
USADA is not sure how long that drug stays in your system, but studies are ongoing. They gave him a choice to stay suspended or have it be lifted. The risk is that if they later determined that there was no way it could have still been in his system in April after stopping on January 1, then they will suspend him and he'll get no credit for time served under suspension.
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Meldonium is the same thing that this young lady was suspended for as well.
