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MOSCOW (Reuters) – A delegation from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has held talks with Russian officials and returned Wednesday in a suspended anti-doping laboratory, in the expectation that Russia will respect the situation. the end of year period for the submission of incriminating test data.
The Russian anti-doping agency, RUSADA, was suspended in November 2015 after a report commissioned by WADA revealed evidence of widespread and state-sponsored doping in the state. Russian sports. Moscow vehemently denied these accusations.
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AMA reinstated RUSADA conditionally in September, but said that by December 31, the lack of access to full laboratory data could result in further suspension.
Wednesday's visit, which included three WADA delegates, was to lay the groundwork for a future mission – on a date that has not yet been announced – to retrieve the data.
In a statement, Russian Sports Minister Pavel Kolobkov confirmed that WADA specialists had access to the laboratory, but did not say when Russia would release the data.
"At this point, it is too early to talk about delays and the amount of work to be done," he said.
AMA did not immediately respond to requests for additional comments.
WADA President Craig Reedie told Reuters two weeks ago that the agency had received assurances that Russia would meet the end of year deadline.
Moscow's anti-doping laboratory was suspended after a report commissioned in 2015 by WADA revealed that its then director, Grigory Rodchenkov, had "aided and abetted" doping activities and confessed intentionally destroying 1,417 samples to prevent an audit of WADA.
Rodchenkov later presented a testimony that has helped to reveal the extent of doping. Most Russian competitors were excluded from this year's Winter Olympics in South Korea, as well as last year's World Championships in Athletics.
(Report by Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber, edited by Kevin Liffey)
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