MOSCOW (AP) — Even before Friday’s publication of a new report into alleged state-sponsored doping by Russian athletes, Russia and the World Anti-Doping Agency are bickering.
WADA is upset because it was not consulted before a new board was picked to oversee reforms at the suspended Russian drug-testing agency, known as RUSADA. The board is chaired by pole vault great and WADA critic Yelena Isinbayeva.
Isinbayeva, who retired after Russia’s track and field team was banned from this year’s Olympics over doping concerns, has previously said WADA’s findings are unproven but is now expected to try to persuade WADA to lift RUSADA’s …read more
Source: KXAN
