Russia has been handed a four-year ban from all major global sporting events by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)
The World Anti-Doping Agency on Monday banned Russia from global sporting events including the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and the 2022 FIFA World Cup. (More Sports News)
WADA’s executive committee made the unanimous decision in a meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland today.
Russian flag and anthem will not be allowed at events such as the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar and 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. WADA accused Moscow of falsifying data from an anti-doping laboratory. But athletes who can prove they are untainted by the doping scandal will be able to compete under a neutral flag.
A spokesperson for WADA, whose executive committee is meeting in Lausanne, said: “The full list of recommendations have been unanimously accepted.”
It came after Russia’s Anti Doping Agency (RUSADA) was declared non-compliant for manipulating laboratory data handed over to investigators in January 2019.
RUSADA has 21 days to appeal against the ban. If it does so, the appeal will be referred to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
Prasanta Patnaik