On Friday, news surfaced that a WADA key review committee has recommended that the Russian anti-doping agency be reinstated after a nearly three-year ban. The country was banned for defying the rules in attempts to win international medals.
The executive committee deemed that RUSADA, the Russian Anti-Doping Agency, has fulfilled the two outstanding criteria: the first criteria being that they acknowledge the issues identified in Russia, and the second, that they commit to providing data samples from the Moscow laboratory to WADA.
The recommendation will be discussed September 20th.
Since the news broke, many anti-doping leaders have spoken out against the recommendation. Canadian Olympic gold medallist Beckie Scott reportedly resigned from the WADA Compliance Review Committee. The CBC reports that Scott will remain the chair of WADA’s athlete committee.