The main informant of WADA Grigory Rodchenkov demanded not to restore the membership of the anti-doping agency RUSADA. He is confident that this decision will be a disaster for all "pure" sports. "WADA should not believe the manipulations and false claims of the Ministry of Sport - the Kremlin body, which helped to implement the doping system and lied about compliance with the rules. If the agency restores RUSADA, it will be a disaster for pure sport, "- he quotes USA Today. At the same time, Rodchenkov stressed once again that he was part of the doping system in Russia, but now he wants to punish athletes who used prohibited substances. According to him, Moscow needs to recognize as soon as possible the blame, and then it will be possible to talk about the country's return to the international sports arena. Recall that WADA recommended the restoration of the Russian agency, which lost its license in 2015 after the doping scandal.

Russian athletes performed at the Games-2018 under the neutral flag.