At last year’s Sambo World Cup in Moscow, FIAS President Vasily Shestakov revealed that four sambists, including two from Russia, had tested positive for meldonium.
Developed in Latvia, meldonium was only added to the WADA banned list on January 1, 2016.
It was moved from the monitored to the prohibited list by WADA due to "evidence of its use by athletes with the intention of enhancing performance".
Sambo athletes competing at international or national level can have their urine and/or blood tested anytime, anywhere by FIAS, a national anti-doping organisation or an event’s Organising Committee.
Specially trained and accredited doping control personnel carry out all tests, which can be conducted in-competition and out-of-competition.
Athletes can be chosen for in-competition testing based on random selection, their finishing position or by being targeted for a particular reason.
They can be tested out-of-competition anytime, anywhere and with no advanced notice.
