16 National Anti-Doping Organisations (NADOs), including Sport Ireland, have called on the World Anti-Doping Organisation (WADA) to take a firm stance against Russia after it missed the deadline to hand over data from its anti-doping laboratory in Moscow. In September, WADA lifted its suspension of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA), which was imposed in November 2015, pending the meeting of conditions in a "roadmap to compliance". "The deadline was one of two conditions stipulated in WADA's 20 September Executive Committee (ExCo) decision regarding the Russian Anti-Doping Agency's (RUSADA's) compliance with the World Anti-Doping Code." WADA will now refer the matter to the independent compliance review committee, which has its next meeting on January 14. "We all need to have trust in the international anti-doping system and it is up to WADA to act as the gatekeeper in that regard.

Source: Evening echo January 02, 2019 12:33 UTC