Olympic wrestling medalist tests positive for meldonium

Five others members of the Georgian team tested positive for meldonium but their names have not been released as they deny the charge.

Olympic wrestling silver medalist Davit Modzmanashvili of Georgia has admitted to using meldonium, the same substance > Maria Sharapova tested positive for at the Australian Open.

Vakhtang Blagidze, a Georgia national wrestling team coach, says Modzmanashvili tested positive for the drug last month. He faces a possible life ban for a second doping violation.

Five others members of the Georgian team tested positive for meldonium but their names have not been released as they deny the charge.

Modzmanashvili won the men’s 120-kilogram silver medal in Greco-Roman wrestling at the 2012 Olympics. He also won world championship bronze in 2011.

The federation says that none of the six were confirmed to compete at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in August, but that qualification was still possible.