Wada food for summer games

With those facts, what sort of confidence will WADA's volte-face instill? In addition, Russian whistle-blower Grigory Rodchenkov -- who provided most of the evidence that led to the ban, and now lives in hiding -- said reinstatement "would be a catastrophe for Olympic sport ideals, the fight against doping and the protection of clean athletes. Russia's suspension was implemented in after it was accused of state-sponsored doping up to and including the Winter Olympics in Sochi.

It led to the ban of more than Russian athletes from the Rio Olympics, and a complete ban from the Winter Games in PyeongChang. However, more than Russians -- including the gold medal winning hockey team -- competed neutrally as "Olympic Athletes from Russia.

Athlete , an official community for Olympians and elite athletes, said that it "agreed in principal" with WADA's move, providing there was a "clear process and timeline" for access to the tainted lab data. In the lead-up to the vote, WADA vice president Linda Helleland said she would vote against reinstatement, noting that WADA's compliance committee report "deviates considerably" from the conditions that had been laid out. Found the story interesting? Like us on Facebook to see similar stories.

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