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WADA President Calling On Japan PM To Increase Funding To Fight Doping

World Anti-Doping Agency President Craig Reedie challenged Japan PM Shinzo Abe to "put his money where his mouth is and increase Japan’s funding in the fight against doping," according to Andrew McKirdy of the JAPAN TIMES. Abe met IOC President Thomas Bach earlier this week and "pledged to support the IOC’s efforts to combat doping at the 2020 Tokyo Games." But Reedie called on Abe to "take a step further, urging the prime minister to increase Japan’s current contribution to WADA" of $1.5M a year. WADA currently operates on an annual budget of £23M ($28M), "which is funded equally between the IOC and national governments." Reedie said, "If Prime Minister Abe has influence with governments, then please ask him to reinforce that message. If he decides to be hugely generous in his encouragement, I operate on a budget of less than $30 million a year with the world’s doping problems to solve. This is a tiny, tiny amount of money" (JAPAN TIMES, 10/21).

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