“We welcome this decision. There are two factors here. Firstly, it’s a coronavirus infection and the regime in which our doping control inspector works. We provide protection for doping control inspectors, even give masks to our athletes, but still the test mode when the athlete is in quarantine is limited and complicated. But one of the main factors is the end of the process in CAS, the willingness of athletes to fulfill the criteria that can be accepted by the arbitral tribunal in case of winning WADA. Therefore, it is best now to prepare for the Olympics and conduct anti-doping testing in a calm mode. Especially without the restrictions and time pressure that could have been after the completion of the CAS process when making demands from WADA, ”Sport24 quotes Ganus.
On December 9, the WADA executive committee decided to remove Russia from major international competitions due to manipulations with the database of the Moscow laboratory. Subsequently, the Russian side appealed the decision to CAS.
Earlier, Kremlin stated that the health of athletes and coaches is most important.