The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) has reiterated its support for the International Association of Athletics Federations’ (IAAF) decision to prevent Russian athletes from competing under their own flag at the upcoming Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, while the Russian Athletics Federation (ARAF) has said its athletes are set to file a class action in the case with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) next week.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) has recommended that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and International Paralympic Committee (IPC) should consider banning all Russian athletes entered for the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games, while Russian President Vladimir Putin has pledged officials named in Monday’s McLaren Investigation Report will be suspended.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) has today (Monday) said it will call for “serious” action against Russia before the 2016 Olympic Games if the findings of an investigation due next month show evidence of concerted state-sponsored doping.
The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) has today (Thursday) said it has paid in full a demand for $15m (€12.1m) made by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as speculation mounts that the country’s athletes may be able to march behind the Russian flag at the closing ceremony for the ongoing winter Olympic Games.
