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NNA – The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) calls on the international sports society to ban Russian athletes from taking part in all international athletic competitions, including the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Brazil next month.
WADA Independent Commission delivered earlier in the day a report of its investigation into widespread doping abuse and sample swapping by Russian athletes, with the support of state, sports officials and FSB, during the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi.
“WADA calls on Sport Movement to deny Russian athletes participation at international competitions including Rio until ‘culture change’ achieved,” Ben Nichols, a spokesman for WADA, wrote in his Twitter account after the investigation’s finding were made public in the commission’s report.
The report was presented by Richard McLaren, a Canadian law professor, who chaired the WADA Independent Commission.
“McLaren investigation into doping in Russia reveals most deliberate and disturbing abuse of power ever seen in sport,” Nichols wrote. “Doping scheme across 30 sports mean there can no longer be presumption of innocence.”
The WADA Independent Commission launched its investigation following media reports earlier in the year which were based on a testimony from former head of Moscow anti-doping laboratory Grigory Rodchenkov.–TASS
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