• ‘The integrity of sport and competition has to be protected’
The World Anti-Doping Agency is set to ignore widespread anger from athletes’ groups and the anti-doping community by lifting the ban on the Russian Anti-Doping Agency when its 12-strong executive committee meets in the Seychelles on Thursday.
With at least nine members of the committee reckoned to support the “compromise” deal proposed by the Wada president, Craig Reedie, and director general, Olivier Niggli, to the Russian minister of sport, groups opposed to allowing Russia back are fearing the worst.
Written by Sean Ingle
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/sep/19/katherine-grainger-wada-russia-ban under the title “Dame Katherine Grainger warns Wada before move to lift Russia ban”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
