The CAS panel of judges from Australia, France and Italy are unlikely to give a ruling for at least several weeks. The case centers on a Moscow testing laboratory database that was long sealed by Russian state authorities before being handed over to WADA investigators last year. The Russian anti-doping agency has not accepted being ruled non-compliant last December, nor accepted a slate of punishments proposed by WADA’s executive committee. WADA sought the database and the Moscow lab’s store of athlete samples to seek closure after years of allegations, denials and legal disputes about state-orchestrated doping. Russian officials have denied wrongdoing and blamed a western conspiracy to stop Russian athletes competing at major sports events.

Source: Manila Times November 02, 2020 16:52 UTC