Anti-Doping leaders call for Wada reform

FILE PHOTO: Craig Reedie, President of the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) attends the WADA Symposium in Ecublens, near Lausanne, Switzerland, March 21, 2018. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) urgently needs reform in order to best serve clean athletes following the decision to reinstate Russia’s testing body, leaders of 18 national anti-doping bodies said yesterday.

The group met at an emergency summit in Paris following last month’s decision by Wada to reinstate the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) which was suspended in 2015 after evidence of doping in Russian sport was published in the McLaren Report.