Russia had not provided the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) with data of the Moscow anti-doping laboratory by December 31, which was set as a deadline, WADA said on Tuesday in a statement.
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 01st January, 2019) Russia had not provided the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) with data of the Moscow anti-doping laboratory by December 31, which was set as a deadline, WADA said on Tuesday in a statement."The 31 December 2018 deadline - by which time the Russian authorities had to provide access to the data - has elapsed without the data having been retrieved. The deadline was one of two conditions stipulated in WADA's 20 September Executive Committee (ExCo) decision regarding the Russian Anti-Doping Agency's (RUSADA's) compliance with the World Anti-Doping Code (Code)," the statement said.
WADA pointed out that in mid-January the Compliance Review Committee (CRC) would present recommendations to the WADA Executive Committee on the status of RUSADA.
"On 14-15 January 2019, the CRC will meet and review all available elements. The CRC will provide a recommendation to the WADA Executive Committee based on the applicable rules, namely the International Standard for Code Compliance by Signatories (ISCCS), which entered into force on 1 April 2018, and the Code; and as soon as practicable thereafter, the CRC's recommendation will be considered by the ExCo," the statement added.
