His disapproval of yesterday's restoration of the rights of the ROC was expressed by the head of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Craig Reedy. His words on Thursday, March 1, leads Inside the games with reference to the BBC. "I would like, that the removal of OCD lasted a little longer. This would give me and WADA more time to get from RUSADA full compliance with the requirements and norms of our organization, "- said Reedy. In his opinion, the decision of the International Olympic Committee does not meet its requirements.
"However, they considered that it is now possible to restore the OCD in rights," - added the head of WADA. He recalled that the Russian side did not fulfill the two important conditions of the road map agreed with the agency: recognition of the existence of a state doping program and admission to the Moscow laboratory.
As the newspaper notes, there is no indication that Russia will back down and is recognized in the conclusions of the reports of Richard McLaren and the two commissions under the leadership of Dennis Oswald and Samuel Schmidt. On Wednesday, February 28, the IOC officially restored the membership of the ROC. Also yesterday in the Russian committee reported that the doping tests of our athletes who participated in the Olympics in Pyeongchang, recognized as "clean". Therefore, the restoration of ROC membership in the IOC occurred automatically.