Montreal (AFP)
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said on Monday it hoped to decide by the end of the year on possible sanctions against Russia, suspected of falsifying the electronic data of the former Moscow laboratory , at the heart of a doping scandal.
In a statement, WADA said it had received new responses from the Russian authorities "to a list of detailed technical questions" submitted by the Agency's Information and Investigations Department, based in Montreal.
These responses will be submitted to WADA's Independent Review Committee (CRC), which will then decide whether or not to recommend sanctions against Russia.
"Given the highly technical nature of the investigation and the large volume of complex material to be evaluated, no deadline has yet to be set," WADA said in a statement. CRC will be able to review the Intelligence and Investigations report by the end of November. "
The recommendation of the CRC will then be put to the vote of the WADA Executive Committee.
"If this is confirmed, and the CRC makes a recommendation to the Executive Committee, it will meet as soon as possible - under the chairmanship of Sir Craig Reedie, whose term expires on December 31, 2019 - to discuss the recommendation of the CRC, "the statement said.
In January 2019, Russia had transmitted electronic control data to WADA, a condition that WADA had put in place to lift the suspension of that country in September 2018.
The scandal was provoked three years earlier by revelations about an institutional doping system that raged in Russia between 2011 and 2015.
However, in September, WADA initiated a procedure on "inconsistencies" found in these data, a procedure that could lead to new sanctions against Russia.
Last week, Russian anti-doping chief Yuri Ganous said he expects Russia to be deprived of Olympic competitions in 2020 and 2022, denouncing the authorities' role in falsifying data transmitted to the Agency. anti-doping world.
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