RUSADA chief dismisses reports of Moscow lab data manipulation
(Reuters) - The head of Russian anti-doping in the data from the Russian authorities agency RUSADA has dismissed but did not give a timeline on how long it media reports it co-ordinated changes to will take to complete the compliance procedure. the Moscow laboratory data before it was handed over to the World Anti-Doping “Every day, the avalanche of lies Agency (WADA). grows, behind which they are trying to
WADA confirmed last month it had hide the true reasons for the failure of the opened compliance proceedings against anti-doping campaign,” RUSADA RUSADA after examining the vast bank Director General Yuri Ganus wrote in an of historical testing data it received in open letter on his organisation’s website. January. “Those who write that RUSADA carried
WADA confirmed https://www.wadaama.org/en/media/news/2019-10/wadaupdate-regarding-rusada-code-compliance out, or carries out changes in the Moscow laboratory databases either understand nothing what they write on Tuesday that it had received a about... or lie misleading sports community response to questions on inconsistencies of Russia and the whole world. Both are terrible,” Ganus added.
RUSADA is in danger of being declared non-compliant by WADA a year after a suspension was lifted, which could put increased pressure on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to exclude Russia from the Tokyo Games next year for failing to ensure that its athletes are clean. Ganus said WADA was expecting an explanation from the sports ministry, and that RUSADA does not have access to the laboratory database.
“RUSADA works with at least 13 WADA-accredited anti-doping laboratories in the world, with five of which (are) in active mode. And we do not have and cannot have any access to their electronic databases,” he said.
Ganus last month called for a complete overhaul in the country’s sports management including the dismissal of state officials involved in the doping scandal.
The Moscow laboratory data is needed to open doping cases from major events including the 2014 Sochi Olympics, where anti-doping officials said Russian authorities took part in an elaborate scheme to cover up doping tests.
Russia has denied running a state doping programme but has acknowledged that officials were involved in covering up doping cases.