According to the head of the legal department of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC), Alexander Brilliantov, who reports to TASS, Russian athletes can also become parties to an upcoming legal dispute in the status of third parties if they file the relevant applications.
On December 9, 2019, 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 holding international tournaments. In addition, the participation of Russian athletes in competitions only in neutral status was recommended.
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 disagree with the WADA sanctions, which was approved on December 24 by the general meeting of the organization’s members and will entail proceedings in the CAS.
Earlier it was reported that WADA sent a notice to CAS in the case of a dispute with RUSADA.