According to The New York Times, the course of the arbitration process has slowed down significantly due to the large number of questions about the case over the past few weeks, because of which a decision can be made after the start of OI-2020.
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 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.
Earlier, CAS reported that the hearings on the case of WADA and RUSADA will be held no earlier than the end of April.