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Karla Gutierrez

It hasn’t been a great year for iconic tennis player, Maria Sharapova. The International Tennis Federation (ITF) made an announcement on Wednesday that would take steps to suspend her for two years, after she tested positive for a banned drug called meldonium. It may end her career. She also won’t be able to represent Russia at the Olympics in Rio and will not go to the 2016 Grand Slam season this year.

Meldonium is a drug that is used to treat angina and heart failure, but it does help increase energy levels and endurance in athletes. Maria stated, "The ITF tribunal unanimously concluded that what I did was not intentional. They found that I did not seek treatment from my doctor for the purpose of obtaining a performance enhancing substance. The ITF spent tremendous amounts of time and resources trying to prove I intentionally violated the anti-doping rules and the tribunal concluded I did not.”

Maria said that she will appeal to the court soon and she is determined to play tennis again and stand up to believe in what’s right.

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