That was before the release of a more thorough and damning WADA commission report last year by Richard McLaren. So there'll be a much, much bigger and stronger testing exercise in Russia now that there are more people to do it. Both the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) still regard Russia as non-compliant. "And that's a condition that’s applied by the IAAF and it's a condition applied by the International Paralympic Committee, as well as by WADA. "If that's an admission, then it's an admission," Reedie said.

Source: The Star July 27, 2017 18:45 UTC