media_artricles :: 2016
‘Serious’ action coming
If new WADA report shows widespread Russian doping
Trinidad Express :: 20.06.2016World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) chiefs said yesterday that they would call for "serious" action against Russia before the Rio Olympics in August if a new investigation next month shows evidence of widespread state-sponsored doping.
The Russian team has already been suspended from the athletics events in Rio because of doping allegations in track and field.
But WADA has set up another investigation under Canadian law professor Richard McLaren to probe allegations of state-backed doping at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.
WADA president Craig Reedie said the McLaren investigation would make its findings public before July 15 at the latest.
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IN LIMBO: Russian athletes compete at the national track and field championships at a stadium in Cheboksary, Russia, yesterday. Russia's track and field athletes have been banned from the Rio Olympic Games. —Photo: AP
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