WADA To Consider RUSADA's Compliance Status Regardless Of Visit To Moscow Lab - President

WADA to Consider RUSADA's Compliance Status Regardless of Visit to Moscow Lab - President

The Executive Committee (ExCo) of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) will consider the status of Russia's anti-doping authority RUSADA soon regardless of whether the visit to the Moscow laboratory will be successful in obtaining data, WADA President Craig Reedie said on Monday.

MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 07th January, 2019) The Executive Committee (ExCo) of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) will consider the status of Russia's anti-doping authority RUSADA soon regardless of whether the visit to the Moscow laboratory will be successful in obtaining data, WADA President Craig Reedie said on Monday.

"This week's mission to Moscow is not only about us following due process and precedent. If the mission is successful in acquiring the data, it will break a long impasse and will potentially lead to many cases being actioned. Regardless, in the short-term, the ExCo will be considering whether RUSADA should maintain Code-compliance status," Reedie said in a statement.

WADA said on January 1 that Russia had not provided it with access to the Moscow laboratory data by the set deadline. The agency said that the Compliance Review Committee (CRC) would present recommendations to the WADA Executive Committee on the situation with RUSADA after a meeting in mid-January.