At least Sharapova admitted that she had used the banned substance all along and didn’t realize (her fault) that it became banned on January 1 of that year. So basically right after the new year she immediately failed. But there was never an attempt to obfuscate.
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At least Sharapova admitted that she had used the banned substance all along and didn’t realize (her fault) that it became banned on January 1 of that year. So basically right after the new year she immediately failed. But there was never an attempt to obfuscate.