Last updated on: 12/17/2019 | Author: ProCon.org

Dec. 9, 2019 – WADA Bans Russia from Global Competition

“Russia has been banned from major global sporting competitions for four years by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)…

 
Those recommendations were made after inconsistencies were found in data obtained from RUSADA’s Moscow Laboratory including ‘significant deletions and/or alterations’ made in December 2018 and January 2019 regarding presumptive positive tests…
 
RUSADA has 21 days to appeal the decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), but the path has been left open for Russian athletes to compete at World Championships and Olympic Games including Tokyo 2020 under a neutral banner as they did at the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics.”