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WADA Tells RUSADA It Has 'Significant Work To Do' To Get Suspension Lifted

The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) still has "significant work" to do to get its suspension lifted, WADA said on Monday, according to Karolos Grohmann of REUTERS. WADA President Craig Reedie said that RUSADA, suspended in '15 after the drugs scandal that "led to Russian track-and-field athletes being banned" from the 2016 Rio Olympics, had "taken steps forward in the past year." But he said that "more were needed." Reedie: "There remains significant work to do. (RUSADA) must demonstrate its processes are autonomous and independent from outside interference." Russian Sports Minister Pavel Kolobkov said that RUSADA was "working towards being considered compliant within the year," and listed what he said was "progress on restructuring the country's anti-doping system." Kolobkov added, "We are ready to cooperate. We are open to all kinds of inspections" (REUTERS, 3/13).

MCLAREN DEFENDS 'NITPICKING': The AP reported doping investigator Richard McLaren "defended his report into orchestrated Russian doping" from what he called "nitpicking." Recent comments by sports bodies, including the IOC, refer to "inadequate translations of Russian documents and the likelihood some disciplinary cases will fail among athletes implicated in the investigation." McLaren said, "If you can't attack the base then let's go and attack the periphery. Much of the comments that are being made are nitpicking about the small parts. ... The substance of the merits of what I had to deal with have not really been challenged." McLaren said that issues raised in recent weeks over the quality of translations by his Russian-speaking staff were "a complete red herring to obfuscate and disguise what is going on" (AP, 3/13).

'HEN HOUSE': Grohmann also reported U.S. Anti-Doping Agency CEO Travis Tygart said that "WADA is not an independent body and in its current state cannot police sport as it lacks the powers of a global regulator." Tygart said that "as long as sports bodies were represented on WADA, the anti-doping organization could not deliver on its promise to crack down on cheats." When asked whether WADA was independent, Tygart added, "It is the fox guarding the hen house. Clearly not. No question about it" (REUTERS, 3/13).

BAN UPHELD: REUTERS' John Miller reported the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Monday "upheld a lifetime ban" levied against former Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) Medical Commission Head Sergei Portugalov "for his role in providing illicit substances to Russian athletes." CAS upheld the ban as part of an arbitration involving the IAAF and RusAF, citing in a statement "clear evidence" that he "violated IAAF doping rules governing possession and trafficking of prohibited substances" (REUTERS, 3/13).

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