WADA said that Russia has no right to organize the Friendship Games – Kommersant
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The Director General of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), Olivier Niggli, said that Russia does not have the right to host the Friendship Games due to the lack of compliance status of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA).
“We don’t know many details, but we believe that it is necessary to draw attention to this event from an anti-doping point of view. It will be organized by a country whose anti-doping system does not comply with the code,” Olivier Niggli said at a meeting of the WADA founding council (quoted by “RIA News”).
According to him, WADA cannot monitor the competition because the AIU, an independent organization against doping in athletics, will not be involved. A country whose anti-doping agency has been deprived of compliance status cannot organize major competitions, Mr. Niggli emphasized.
RUSADA was declared non-compliant by the anti-doping agency WADA in December 2019 due to a series of violations by Russian athletes. In September of this year, the WADA Executive Committee stated that Russian legislation still contradicts the World Anti-Doping Code, and the violations discovered have not been corrected.
The World Friendship Games will be held from September 15 to 29, 2024 in Moscow and Yekaterinburg. About 5.5 thousand athletes will take part in the competition. The total prize fund will be 4.6 billion rubles. The competitive program includes 25 summer sports (Olympic and non-Olympic).
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