WADA pardoned Russia, subject to conditions

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The world Anti-Doping Agency WADA decides its Russian offshoot RUSADA for three years after the detection of the state-organised doping in the country.

The world-wide storm of indignation, in Spite of the world Anti-Doping Agency(WADA) has added the Russian Anti-Doping Agency RUSADA. Three years after the detection of the state-funded doping system in Russia will be rehabilitated in order to highly questionable way – WADA transported with this decision at the same time in a deep crisis of credibility.

“Today, the WADA Executive Committee has decided by a large majority, the RUSADA under strict conditions to resume,” said WADA chief Sir Craig Reedie. The Executive voted with a 9:2 vote for re-recording. “The decision is connected to a clear timetable, according to the WADA access to the Moscow Anti-Doping laboratory, and the existing samples must be granted,” said Reedie. This time should not be adhered to schedule, could be suspended for the RUSADA. WADA continued Russia a deadline until the end of June 2019, to meet the conditions.

Global Criticism

“The decision of the WADA and the RUSADA at the present time, as a compliant, i.e., compliant working, to be classified, is a major setback for us. The decision is sending the wrong Signal,” said Andrea Gotzmann, Chairwoman of the German National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA): “shaken The confidence in the WADA-solid. The Vision of an independent control encoder is available with the today’s decision of the WADA Executive Committee has been destroyed.”

US doping hunter Travis Tygart described the re-authorisation of the RUSADA as a “crushing blow for the clean athletes of the world”. The decision of the WADA is confusing and inexplicable, especially as important points to pardon the Russians were not met. Tygart criticized at the same time, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in focus. It must be thus concluded that “the Fox is guarding the WADA-chicken coop”.

For the Chairman of the Bundestag’s sports Committee, Dagmar Freitag, “the worst fears”. “This is the Worst-Case scenario,” said the SPD politician.

Quite differently, the Kremlin sees it, of course. “We welcome the decision of WADA”, said Deputy Prime Minister Olga Golodez. “Russia has made in the past years, tremendous efforts to create transparent and understandable measures for the prevention of Doping.”

Approval by the WADA also received from the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). “After a long time of standstill between the Russian authorities and WADA, I am glad that there has been movement in the matter,” said IPC President Andrew Parsons. Still a lot of work to do”,” the RUSADA should indulge in no false illusions. “A disregard of the WADA-imposed conditions that would have a disclaimer,” said Parsons.

Bach’s Final Stroke?

IOC President Thomas Bach

Through the WADA decision-making of the impression that the formally independent world Anti-Doping Agency is influenced by the International Olympic Committee, led by IOC President Thomas Bach hardens – there’s an end to the vexing Doping affair. It’s fitting that the IOC athletes ‘ Commission approved on Wednesday the CRC recommendation “in principle”.

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