British Olympians "expressed fresh outrage" over a proposed age minimum which rules out one of the favorites to be the next president of WADA, according to Tom Morgan of the London TELEGRAPH. Members of the Athletes for Clean Sport campaign group "led condemnation of a potential list of guidelines" which could include a requirement that any candidate to replace Craig Reedie be at least 45. The proposals would eliminate 41-year-old Linda Helleland of Norway, who has emerged as "the chosen candidate among athletes who want to see radical change" following the agency's much-criticized decision to reinstate the Russian Anti-Doping Agency. British track cyclist Callum Skinner and Paralympic powerlifter Ali Jawad signed a statement calling the proposal for an age limit "totally unacceptable." The statement said, "Given the recent direction of Wada and the lack of transparency that we have witnessed, is it merely a coincidence that just weeks before the athlete-minded candidate Linda Helleland would begin her campaign to be the next president, Wada could allow rules to be pushed through that would render Linda's campaign ineligible?" (TELEGRAPH, 11/7).
