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KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia – Ukrainian cross country skier Marina Lisogor has failed a doping test at the Sochi Olympics.

According to the Ukrainian Olympic Committee, Lisogor tested positive for the banned stimulant trimetazidine. The committee also stated that Lisogor had explained that she took the drug Preductal without realizing that it contained a banned substance.

Preductal is available in several Eastern European countries, the Russian Federation, and other form Soviet republics. Trimetazidine is the main ingredient. The drug improves glucose usage in heart muscle, improving energy metabolism, and is usually prescribed for angina pectoris, chest pain due to obstructions or spasms in the coronary arteries. However, because of side effects, it is not advised to prescribe the drug unless other drugs are unable to control angina pain.

Trimetazidine is also sometimes included in drugs which treat dizziness and tinnitis, although not as frequently anymore due to the same side effects.

It was added to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) banned list on January 1st of this year. In the Q&A section of the WADA site, the organization explained, “cathinone and its analogues (e.g. mephedrone, methedrone, a- pyrrolidinovalerophenone) and trimetazidine have been added as examples to reflect emerging patterns of drug use.”

Lisogor said in a statement posted on the Ukrainean Olympic Committee website that the medicine had been prescribed by her doctor and she did not realize that it had been added to the banned list.

“I had a typhoid surgery back in 2004. After that cardiologist recommended to take the drug product ‘Preductal’ to support my physical condition. This medicine is sold out of prescription and is widely used by physicians. Before taking ‘Preductal’ I made sure that it did not consisted forbidden ingredients. I used ‘Preductal’ again at the 2014 Olympics not knowing that it was included into the list of substances forbidden to use during competition period since January 1st, 2014. It is my personal fault, and I’m very sorry I let this happened. But I would like to declare that I’ve done this mistake unintentionally. I delivered the same message to the IOC Disciplinary Commission. I told them the truth. Once again I apologize for this frustrating case.”

Lisogor, 30 years old, finished 58th in the individual sprint. She pulled out of the team sprint after teammate Kateryna Serdyuk had an injury. She has only had five World Cup starts in her career, all in sprints and all finishing outside of the top 30.