• Wada criticised meeting of athletes and ministers as one-sided
The World Anti-Doping Agency was accused on Wednesday night of failing clean athletes, being soft on Russian doping and “bullying and disheartening” those arguing for reform in an extraordinary emergency summit at the White House.
The event, which was attended by athletes, sports ministers and multiple national anti-doping organisations, also condemned Wada for its decision to lift the suspension on the Russian Anti-Doping Agency in September. And, in a significant development, the US – a country that provides $4.5m towards Wada’s annual budget of $34m – said “nothing was off the table” if the organisation did not reform.
Written by Sean Ingle
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/oct/31/wada-russian-anti-doping-summit-emergency under the title “Wada accused of being soft on doping at emergency White House summit”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
