Pressure For ASADA To Wrap Up Probe Before CEO Aurora Andruska Retires Rises

The "pressure is on" for the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority "to wrap up its probe" into the National Rugby League and Australian Football League before CEO Aurora Andruska retires from the post on May 9, according to Adrian Proszenko of the SYDNEY MORNING HERALD. Andruska "has presided over what her predecessor, Richard Ings, dubbed the darkest day in Australian sport more than a year ago." But the sum total of infraction notices issued in either code since the infamous press conference on Feb. 7 "stands at one." Previously, ASADA "has taken up to a year to replace its chief executive, with Federal Sports Minister Peter Dutton confirming the Secretary of the Department of Health will oversee the recruitment process, including the appointment of the assessment panel members and chairing the panel." An "insider" said, "She hasn't finished what she started. She is obviously under a lot of pressure but it's not fair if this whole process drags out even longer" (SMH, 2/18).