All High-Level Russian Anti-Doping Agency Management Step Down

All the top managers of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) have stepped down, "in the latest steps to clean up Russian athletics to avoid missing next year's Olympics," according to REUTERS. Russia was suspended from int'l athletics last month "after a special commission of the World Anti-Doping Agency exposed widespread state-sponsored cheating and corruption." Natalia Zhelanova, a Sports Minister adviser, said, "It was decided at a meeting attended by the heads of RUSADA that the general director, Ramil Khabriev, should be relieved of his position." She said that "all the high-level management" of the agency was stepping down. RUSADA Result Management & Investigation Department Head Anna Antseliovich "has been named as the acting general director" of the organization. The IAAF said last week that Russia could only be reinstated to int'l competition if it complied with a detailed "roadmap" (REUTERS, 12/17).