WADA committee recommends reinstatement of Russia's anti-doping agency

Record ID: 1356405

  • Title: WADA committee recommends reinstatement of Russia's anti-doping agency
  • Date: 14th September 2018
  • Summary: MOSCOW, RUSSIA (FILE - MAY 2016) (REUTERS) VARIOUS EXTERIORS OF RUSSIA'S DRUG TESTING LAB VARIOUS OF INSIDE OF DRUG TESTING LABORATORY
  • Embargoed: 28th September 2018 18:32
  • Keywords: WADA reinstatement of Russian anti-doping agency RUSADA
  • Location: VARIOUS
  • City: VARIOUS
  • Country: Russia
  • Topics: Olympics,Sport
  • Reuters ID: LVA0018XLOLKV
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: The World Anti-Doping Agency said on Friday (September 14) that its compliance review committee (CRC) had recommended the reinstatement of Russian anti-doping agency RUSADA, which has been suspended since 2015 over alleged state-backed doping.
    WADA said the committee had reviewed a letter from the Russian sports ministry it said had "sufficiently acknowledged the issues identified in Russia," thus fulfilling the first of two remaining criteria for its reinstatement.
    "For the second outstanding criterion, the CRC accepted that the new commitment to provide access to the data and samples in the Moscow laboratory to WADA via an independent expert would be sufficient to justify reinstatement..." WADA added.
    WADA's executive committee will meet on Sept. 20 to review RUSADA's efforts towards reinstatement.
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