Meldonium was found in the athlete's sample dated January 29, 2022.
This was reported on the official website of the VFLA.
Therefore, Mukhametshin was disqualified from February 18, 2022 to February 17, 2025. All results shown since the date of positive sample collection will be voided..
We add that meldonium is the most common doping among Russian athletes.. The use of this drug was caught, in particular, by Russian rowers Nikita Morgachev and Pavel Sorin, as well as swimmers Veronika Andrusenko and Alexander Kudashov.
Recall that meldonium was found in the Ukrainian champion of Rio de Janeiro-2016 in artistic gymnastics Oleg Vernyaev.