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** Masha News and Articles! ** Vol. 3

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Hi everyone :wavey:

Thought maybe we could use a thread here to post all the news, interviews, and articles we find on Masha. :)

I just got my new Tennis Week magazine and Maria is on the cover again (she was also on the March cover). :eek:

If they haven't been posted already, I'll scan in the pics and article and post them here later.
 
#4,262 ·
I just haven't looked in any GM threads since it started, the bile and hatred that always bubbles under the surface was always going to burst open like an ugly rotten, pus-filled boil.

In the end the mods have no way of moderating it, they've just got to let it go, and hope it all clears itself up. Trying to argue against it will just mean you get personally attacked, why do it to yourself?

In the end the hatred is so clearly OTT, that I doubt it will have an effect on the real world, as most impartial viewers would see there's an agenda bordering on hysterical fanatical hatred. TF's reaction is the least of my worries.
 
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but most likely it's just anti-inflammatory stuff.

Look, it's always the same issue and what you consider PED. For them "artificial" substance originally thought as a medicine for some issue = PED

"natural" supplement = good

hannibal mask, enhanced plasma, ipobaric chamber etc. = great technology with no performance enhancing quality

anti-inflammatory stuff = good

reductive breast surgery = good

Correction of the nose septum = good (not performance enhancing)

laser therapy doing rehab = not performance enhancing or aid to recovery time

moldenium = anti-christ
 
#4,272 ·
Sunshine so dumb :)

I see Chelsea Handler's going to have a chat show on Netflix. Bit limited for Maria to do her "big" interview with, the one we know will be coming. Once upon a time it would be Oprah that would be a certainty.

Ellen maybe her best bet now? I'm not that up with Yank chat TV.
 
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Sunshine so dumb :)

I see Chelsea Handler's going to have a chat show on Netflix. Bit limited for Maria to do her "big" interview with, the one we know will be coming. Once upon a time it would be Oprah that would be a certainty.

Ellen maybe her best bet now? I'm not that up with Yank chat TV.
During FC C.Handler was with Pova to shoot an episode of her show about Russia (not sure if Pova was supposed to appear there, and I don't know what they will do now in post-production)

And it's more like a tv show rather than a chat one
 
#4,276 ·
if it was bad just because of that :lol: It's the typical show that panders to straight women in flyover states And don't remind me her last appearance there, her dress was peak GrandMartha :tears: but really, every talk show is terrible
 
#4,277 ·
I find out in horror that reading TF (or mainstream media for that matter) is a poor resource for accurate information.
A look at the actual text of WADA code just made me realize that a 4-years ban is the likeliest outcome of the upcoming proceeds.
Rules are rules, but the existing ones (updated in 2015) just strike me as being hysterically unfair and disproportionate.
 
#4,278 ·
Yeah, look I'm hoping for as positive an outcome as possible, but people have got to realise their hopes are founded on very little but just that "hope".
 
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I hope Jimmie is correct, it's just in my nature to prepare for the worst, and hope for the best.

I just feel there's a worrying anti-Russian, doping hysteria, mixed in with a lot of schadenfreude towards a beautiful, massively successful, but aloof person. Everything she does or says is being picked apart mercilessly in every way.

Again Hope I'm wrong :(
 
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Have to wait and see what her actual punishment will be.. Strange how many athletes have been caught for the same medicine. :/ Doesn't look promising from my point of view but I hope I'm wrong.
 
#4,287 ·
Sure.. but how can that help her? Many of the meds were considered as supplements - because they were presented as such to athletes by coaches, physios, doctors etc. Still did not help the athletes to stay unpunished :(.. neither did it clean their name. :(
One of the most tragic cases imo Andrea Raducan - 2000 OG - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreea_Răducan

This is such a bummer :(((((... I hope it will be just one year for MS.
 
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Well, it's all part of the big spin by WADA. The only real reason they had to put the drug on the list (as there's still no clinical proof that it does owt performance related) was a lot of athletes were using it, yet they now somehow act like them catching a lot of people is major proof, but they clearly knew they'd get a fair few who probably didn't read the smallprint. It's pretty much Orwellian, or maybe more Heller TBH.

Again though, don't expect any of this to be reported widely. after all WADA = good, Maria/Russian = bad.
 
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Russians are clamouring for the drug that snagged tennis star Maria Sharapova on doping charges last week – and sales are skyrocketing.

If it’s good enough for Sharapova – and many other Russian athletes – it must be good enough for ordinary people, too, at least judging by the sales figures. That appears to be the reasoning behind the spike in sales of meldonium, also known as mildronate, in Russia and neighboring Latvia, where it was developed during the Soviet era.

Sales of the cheap over-the-counter pills are on track to double in Russia in March compared to February, according to the drug’s manufacturer, Grindeks...


Meldonium sales soar in Russia after Maria Sharapova positive test | Europe | News | The Independent

Grindeks owes Maria a share.
 
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This drug is considered essential in Russia and is free for people that need it. They will not just stop it because FDA/WADA/USADA say so. You would think that after 30 years any bad side effects will be well known if any. There are far more dangerous drugs approved by FDA.
Athletes on the other hand will have to stop it.
Maria is looking at 4 years and retiring unfortunately.
 
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What I really have trouble to stomach is the notion that some obscure Latvian drug that is out of patent, can be obtained OTC for a few bucks and has no known side-effects is making people superhumans.
If you really believe that, I have a bridge to sell you...

On a lighter, joking note, perhaps the actual conspiracy was for Maria to find a way of stopping the embarassment of infinitely losing to Serena, so she intentionally did everything to get caught, be banned, and come back later when Serena is retired :devil:.
 
#4,318 ·
What I really have trouble to stomach is the notion that some obscure Latvian drug that is out of patent, can be obtained OTC for a few bucks and has no known side-effects is making people superhumans.
If you really believe that, I have a bridge to sell you...

On a lighter, joking note, perhaps the actual conspiracy was for Maria to find a way of stopping the embarassment of infinitely losing to Serena, so she intentionally did everything to get caught, be banned, and come back later when Serena is retired :devil:.
:spit:

I honestly think Serena won't be an active player only in 2 years from now, but probably also in 4 years. Probably she'll play just a handfull of tournaments though.
And I think Serena at the age of 36/37 could still be better than Maria at the age of 31/32. :tears:
 
#4,320 ·
They can't take away her titles because at the time she won them meldonium was still a legal substance. They will take away her points from this year's AO though.

I'm no specialists on all the legalities involved, but a 4 year ban seems extremely unlikely to me unless maliscious intent can be proven. But if they give her 4 years, what are they going to do if tomorrow they catch someone that is on steroids or other such products?
 
#4,322 ·
Oh it's good to know, I was thinking the same but since LOT of people is saying the 4 year ban in the General Messages I had my doubts... I should've stop reading since I read that they hope she gets deported to Russia.
I was hoping for a 2 year thing since it's the minimum right? There are a lot of rumors but mostly from haters or us, her fans so I wanted to hear something more "objective" instead of dreams like she's going to get "3 months" (Thing that I would love but there's no chance of happening)
thank you for answering!
 
#4,324 ·
The one thing you guys often miss between slitting your wrists is the CAS appeal. Looking at past examples, even if she gets a - extremely unlikely - 2 year ban from ITF, CAS can simply reduce that to something like 1 year.

But i still not sure why ignore reading between the lines. I guess it's easy to get your Wiki medical diploma or learn WADA rulebook over a week, but her trial won't be just some old dude reading two lines from their rulebook. The nuances that matter most we dont even know yet... so...
 
#4,325 ·
just to stir some shit :lol:

From early 2000... they banned some-something called Actovegin because cyclists (Armstrong and others) used it, and a couple months later they retracted. Actovegin was never banned since that.
Week in cycling: Actovegin not so bad? ... Jalabert breaks three ribs ... World cycling rankings | ACTIVE

The IOC medical commission will make a final ruling in April, he said.

"It's still in a gray area,'' Schamasch told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. "For the moment, if we want to go by a very strict definition, it may be banned. But we don't want to accuse anyone without having more information.''

The IOC announced categorically in December that Actovegin, an extract of calf's blood, was banned under the classification of blood-doping agents.

But the IOC, at an executive board meeting last week in Dakar, Senegal, signaled a softening of its stance.

Actovegin, manufactured by a Norwegian company, Nycomed, contains deproteinized extracts of calf's blood. It has been suspected of improving the circulation of oxygen in the blood in a manner similar to the banned drug EPO, or erythropoietin.

But Schamasch said Tuesday that Actovegin apparently does not transport oxygen.

"The explanation of the manufacturers is very vague,'' he said. "We have asked for more investigation to find out why athletes are taking a product which cannot transport oxygen, to find out if it has any other special effect.''

The IOC said a number of teams brought Actovegin with them to last year's Sydney Olympics, thus raising suspicions that the product could be used for unethical reasons.

The IOC is working with the world governing body of cycling, the UCI, to make a definitive ruling on Actovegin.

"According to the IOC medical code, we are entitled to ban a product either if it is performance enhancing and/or harmful to the health of the athletes,'' Schamasch said.

Armstrong and the U.S. Postal Service team have repeatedly denied using banned drugs.
 
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UN suspends Maria Sharapova as goodwill ambassador

The UN has suspended Maria Sharapova as a goodwill ambassador following the Russian tennis star’s admission that she tested positive for the banned substance meldonium at the Australian Open in January.

The UN Development Programme, which works to eradicate poverty and inequality, has discontinued its nine-year relationship with Sharapova pending the outcome of the case. Much of her work with the UNDP had focused on efforts to help survivors of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.

“The UNDP remains grateful to Maria Sharapova for her support of our work, especially around the Chernobyl nuclear disaster recovery,” said a spokesperson.

“However, in light of Ms Sharapova’s recent announcement, we last week suspended her role as a goodwill ambassador and any planned activities while the investigation continues.”
......

UN suspends Maria Sharapova as goodwill ambassador | Global development | The Guardian

Kind of expected.
 
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