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 in the ROC, they called a deadline for athletes to submit applications to the CAS about participation in the dispute between WADA and RUSADA.