Quote (Scaly @ Feb 24 2018 11:05pm)
You know what I find hilarious? Only Russia's cleanest athletes were allowed to compete and STILL some guy got caught doping. For curling. I mean wtf dude? What kinda drugs do you even need for curling?
It was Meldonium, which is an over-the-counter medication that helps recover faster and burn fat, and there's no clear consensus on whether it would actually improve performance during a competition of any kind, let alone curling. It's meant to help during training by improving metabolism and reducing recovery time. It's popular in eastern Europe. The Western counterpart is L-Carnitine, which is unsurprisingly not banned despite having similar effects.