A three-judge panel unanimously agreed that the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) failed to provide authentic drug-test data upon request by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), although the two-year ban is half the length requested by WADA.
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The New York Times however reports that the ban has been cut in half and now stands at two years and states that CAS will confirm the reduction at 3pm.
At a four-day hearing, the Lausanne-based Court of Arbitration for Sport could deprive Russian athletes of their flag at next year’s Tokyo Olympics.
World Anti-Doping Agency Vice President, Linda Helleland, has said she will oppose a proposal to reinstate the Russian agency RUSADA if it comes to a vote at a meeting in the Seychelles on Thursday.
Despite Russian athletes being allowed back into Olympic competition, the IAAF said the country’s anti-doping body RUSADA had met some requirements for reinstatement, but not all of them.