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MOSCOW, Feb. 23 (RIA Novosti) - Veronika Stolbunova is on the verge of a rally. The prohibited drug trimetazidine, which was found in the doping test of the Russian bobsledder Nadezhda Sergeeva, is useless in terms of the growth of sports results and influence on the athletic form, this drug protects the athlete from health problems, the former head of the Russian Anti-Doping Service Nikolai Durmanov told RIA Novosti.

On Friday the Federation of the bobsleigh of Russia stated that the test of Sergeyeva, taken on February 18 during the Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, gave a positive result on the heart drug, which is on the list of banned. Later, in a statement by the delegation of the Olympic athletes from Russia (OAR), it was said that the preparation contained trimetazidine.

"When asked why this drug was banned, there is no exact answer, as there is no clear answer why they banned meldonium, both of which are problematic from the point of view of the growth of some sports results, influence on the athletic form. from problems, but the fact is banned.Trimetazidine was banned three years ago, but it is periodically caught by someone because athletes in different countries have got used to it, "Durmanov said by phone.

"And by the way, official medicine in Europe and North America treats it just as it does for meldonia - it does not recognize it because it is ineffective, and then the question arises: why should it be banned if it is ineffective ..." .

The ex-head of the Russian Anti-Doping Service told what the effect of this drug is directed at.

"It prevents the accumulation of toxic substances in the cardiac muscle and increases its energy intensity, in this sense it is a drug that is often prescribed to people with angina, cardiac coronary circulation disorders and so on," Durmanov explained.

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