“During the meeting of the executive committee, new leaders of the WADA committees were appointed. Taylor's powers expired, and Australian James Wood was appointed new head of the compliance committee. He is known for having created Sports Integrity in Australia and worked on justice issues a lot, ”TASS quoted Sergei Khrychikov, head of the Council of Europe's department of sports conventions.

Taylor's powers expired on December 31. The committee under his leadership made a recommendation to remove Russia from international competitions for four years.

It was previously reported that CAS has not yet disclosed the details of the dispute between RUSADA and WADA.