|
?:reviewBody
|
-
The report by Russia Today (RT) came a day after the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) announced that Russia has missed the December 31, 2018 deadline for compliance with the World Anti-Doping Code. By that deadline, the Russian authorities were supposed to meet two conditions imposed by WADA’s Executive Committee back in September.Also on January 2, 16 national anti-doping organizations issued a joint statement calling on WADA to suspend Russia immediately, stating: "Russia has failed to meet its obligations." RT’s January 2 report used language implying that it was the World Anti-Doping Agency’s own fault for not being able to access Moscow laboratory (LIMS) data, and that WADA president Craig Reedie had seemingly expressed disappointment toward his own organization.SWITZERLAND -- Russian anti-doping agency (RUSADA) director general Yury Ganus (L) meets World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) president Craig Reedie at the opening of the 2018 edition of the WADA Annual Symposium in Lausanne, March 21, 2018Reedie actually said: I am bitterly disappointed that data extraction from the former Moscow Laboratory has not been completed by the date agreed by WADA’s ExCo in September 2018." The RT report included the quote
(en)
|
![[This page as RDF]](http://data.gesis.org/claimskg/static/rdf-icon.gif){kind=icon}