Russian Ministry of Sport

WADA Delegates Travel to Moscow; Dec. 31, RUSADA Compliance Deadline Looms

FasterSkierNovember 29, 2018

On November 28, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) issued a press release stating three of it’s representatives had met in Moscow with Russian officials to discuss the next steps regarding the Russian anti-doping agency’s (RUSADA) conditional reinstatement. When WADA’s Executive Committee (EC) voted in September to bring RUSADA back into its fold as complaint, it set forth specific unfulfilled conditions for RUSADA to meet if the agency were to remain in good standing. The most...

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As Sports World Watches for Precedent, IAAF Bars Russia from Olympics

Chelsea LittleJune 17, 2016

The International Association of Athletics Federations has banned the Russian track and field team from the 2016 Summer Olympics after a doping scandal. As other federations with doping problems look on, it remains to be seen whether the decision will be upheld by the Court of Arbitration for Sport and the International Olympic Committee.