An old sports drug habit is dying hard in Russia, even with their young athletes.
Russia's entire junior ice hockey squad has been replaced and the head coach fired because too many players tested positive for the recently banned meldonium.
Russian sport has been hit hard by WADA's decision to put meldonium on the banned list from January 1, with tennis star Maria Sharapova the highest profile athlete to be caught out.
The under-18 hockey team was set to depart for the world championships in North Dakota next week, but AllHockey reported they will be replaced by Russia's top under-17 players. A government-funded news agency did not mention the drug, but reported that the Russian team "had every right to change" its lineup.
It has just been revealed that four judokas have failed also drug tests, and a curling team is among those to also have their rosters overhauled. The sports website Deadspin suggested that the Russian meldonium crisis was "more of a culture clash".