The World Anti-Doping Agency will refer the Russian Anti-Doping Agency’s case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport

First Amendment: 10/14/2023 – 00:47

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The decision came after receiving an official notice from the Russian Anti-Doping Agency on Friday challenging WADA’s allegations of non-compliance, the proposed consequences and conditions for his reinstatement.

“Consequences will not be enforced until the CAS rules,” the AMA, an organization based in Montreal (Canada), said in a statement.

The agency stressed that “until all conditions for reinstatement are met, the Russian agency cannot be considered reinstated.”

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) also said the Russian agency could not be re-admitted, regardless of the CAS decision, until the “national legislation” issue identified in September 2022 was resolved.

Last month, the World Anti-Doping Agency announced that it would impose additional sanctions on the Russian Anti-Doping Agency for failing to meet its compliance obligations. Previous sanctions decided by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in 2020 expired after two years.

In contrast, many sports banned athletes from participating or displaying Russian flags after the invasion of Ukraine.

WADA also announced on Friday that Pan Am Sports has submitted relevant documents to prove that it has taken the corrective actions required to comply with the World Anti-Doping Code.

In this way, WADA, one week before the start of the Pan American Games in Santiago, withdrew the notice of non-compliance that it had sent to Panam Sports at the end of September.

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