By AFPMore by this AuthorMONTREALOutgoing Wada President Craig Reedie says the Russian doping scandal shows that clean sport is under attack, but the anti-doping organization now has the tools to better weed out drug cheats. "Considering the last six years in particular, I am especially pleased to see how Wada responded to the challenges it faced since 2014, in particular the Russian doping crisis," he said in his end-of-term message. The Russian anti-doping agency Rusada announced Friday that it has challenged the exclusion. Wada decided on December 9 to ban Russia from participating in major international events for four years, including the 2020 and 2022 Olympic Games and the 2022 World Cup. The significant extent of state-sponsored doping in Russia, notably between 2011 and 2015, was revealed in an independent report by sports lawyer Richard McLaren, released in 2016.

Source: Daily Nation December 31, 2019 04:18 UTC