The substance behind Chelsea star Mykhailo Mudryk's failed drugs test that has resulted in a provisional suspension being issued by the Football Association has been revealed. Mudryk's playing future was thrust into uncertainty on Tuesday morning after he was notified of a positive drugs test by the FA that has seen him unavailable for selection due to a suspected adverse analytical finding.
![[The substance is the same drug that former Russian tennis star and multiple Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova was previously banned for]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/17/13/93231867-0-image-a-30_1734440584295.jpg)
Mail Sport can now reveal that the banned substance meldonium is believed to be behind Mudryk's failed test with reports in Ukraine understood to be correct. The substance is the same drug that former Russian tennis star and multiple Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova previously used and a positive test resulted in her being banned for two years in 2016.
![[Mail Sport can now reveal that the banned substance meldonium is believed to be behind Mudryk's failed test with reports in Ukraine understood to be correct]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/17/13/93231877-0-image-a-29_1734440579580.jpg)
Sharapova had previously failed a drugs test at the Australian Open for using meldonium which is sold under the brand Mildronate and is a banned performance enhancing drug. However, the Latvian scientist who invented the drug - Ivar Kalvins - has outlined that the drug was never to be used by athletes and was instead designed for 'Soviet super soldiers'.
![[Mudryk showed off his frame on Instagram in a recent upload from a lift at his London home]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/17/13/93234277-14201601-Sharapova_previously_tested_positive_for_the_substance-m-60_1734443841196.jpg)
The substance behind Chelsea star Mykhailo Mudryk's failed drugs test has been revealed. The substance is the same drug that former Russian tennis star and multiple Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova was previously banned for. Mail Sport can now reveal that the banned substance meldonium is believed to be behind Mudryk's failed test with reports in Ukraine understood to be correct.
![[Tons of the meldonium substance were previously exported to the Russian army and used by soldiers]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/17/13/93233943-14201601-image-a-54_1734443544830.jpg)
