“The criticality of my position is determined by risks, and the risks are significant. The first is a public hearing. The second point is even more significant and no less probable - this is the likelihood of new players entering the case, who may require the court not to soften, but to tighten sanctions, ”said Ganus.
On December 9, the WADA executive committee recognized RUSADA as non-compliant with the World Anti-Doping Code and suspended Russia from international competitions for four years, and also forbade it from hosting international tournaments. In addition, it was recommended that Russian athletes participate in competitions only in neutral status.
This is due to the identification of intentional changes in the data of the Moscow laboratory, the transfer of which in its original form was one of the key conditions for restoring RUSADA compliance status.
On December 19, the RUSADA Supervisory Board decided to appeal the WADA verdict to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which was approved by the general meeting of the organization’s members on December 24.
Earlier, Ganus said that Russian athletes have virtually no chance to go to the Olympics in Tokyo.