Turin 2006: Pyleva could be victim of careless medicine producers

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As REGNUM earlier reported, Russian biathlete Olga Pyleva was reportedly accused of using banned medicine and pulled out of the 7.5 km sprint race. Pyleva could have fallen prey to careless medicine producers. The matter is, the producer of “Phenothropil” medicine recommends it for the Russian athletes to use it, but the drug contains prohibited doping carphedon, which was found in Pyleva’s test, Head of the Russian Federal Anti-Doping Center Company Grigory Rodchenkov said to Ves Sport news agency.

“There is no trouble in producing the medicine, it is used in treatment of various illnesses,” said Rodchenkov. “The problem is, the instruction to the medicine reads that is recommended for athletes for speeding up recovery and against weariness. But Phenothropil is nothing more than carphedon enlisted in the banned drugs by the WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency). Finding this drug in doping tests means disqualification for two years. Unfortunately, any attempts to clear up the situation with the producers of the medicine resulted in nothing. They say that Phenothropil is not enlisted in drugs banned for using by athletes. They deny that Phenothropil and carphedon have same structure, although our research has proved it for 100 percent.”