MOSCOW - Russia's Olympic chief on Monday attacked the United States and Canada's anti-doping agencies for trying to pressure the International Olympic Committee into imposing a full ban on Russia from the Rio Olympics. Russia's Olympic supremo also said that the North-American anti-doping agencies' moves seemed to be part of a pre-planned campaign. Russia's Olympic chief Alexander Zhukov attends a press conference in Beijing on March 28, 2015In a letter sent late Sunday to IOC president Thomas Bach, the head of Russia's Olympic committee Alexander Zhukov expressed deep concern and threatened to refer the case to the IOC ethics board. The situation raises very serious concern in the Russian Olympic Committee since it casts doubt on the integrity and independence of this report." He accused Beckie Scott, the Canadian chairman of the WADA athletes commission of being "only interested in punishing hundreds of clean Russian athletes for crimes that they did not commit."

Source: Bangkok Post July 18, 2016 12:45 UTC