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Written question asked by Lord Moynihan (Conservative) on Wednesday, 5 December 2018, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 19 December 2018. It was answered by Lord Ashton of Hyde (Conservative) on Wednesday, 19 December 2018 on behalf of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.

Sports: Russia

Question

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they support the decision made by the World Anti-Doping Agency Executive Committee in September to reinstate the Russian Anti-Doping Agency.

Answer

At its meeting on 20 September 2018, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Executive Committee made a decision to reinstate RUSADA (Russia's Anti-Doping Agency), following a recommendation made by WADA's independent Compliance Review Committee (CRC).

WADA's decision to reinstate RUSADA is subject to two strict post-reinstatement conditions:

  1. RUSADA and the Russian Ministry of Sport must procure that the authentic Information Management System (LIMS) data and underlying analytical data of the former Moscow Laboratory set out in the WADA President's letter of 22 June 2018 are received by WADA (via access to the data by an independent expert agreeable to both WADA and the Russian authorities) by no later than 31 December 2018.
  2. RUSADA and the Russian Ministry of Sport must procure that any re-analysis of samples required by WADA following review of such data is completed by no later than 30 June 2019.

Athletes and fans having faith in clean sport is vitally important, and the UK Government remains fully committed to combating doping in sport and protecting the integrity of sport.

Should there be any failure to do so, we expect WADA to swiftly determine non-compliance under the relevant sanctioning provisions as set out under the International Standard for Code Compliance by Signatories (ISCCS).

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL12082
Session
2017-19
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Drugs Misuse Sports Russia World Anti-doping Agency
Link
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