Restoration of RUSADA caused a storm of indignation in the US. The American Anti-Doping Agency has stated that WADA needs to be reformed. In a statement published on the USADA website, the decision of the international anti-doping agency is called "inexplicable and confusing". "WADA has shown the world that it puts the decisions of a small group of sports functionaries above the rights of millions of" pure "athletes and the wishes of billions of sports fans," the document says.. According to the US department, the changes in WADA should begin immediately.

The Russian anti-doping agency RUSADA was reinstated in the rights on September 20 - for the adoption of this decision, 9 out of 12 members of the WADA executive committee voted.. RUSADA will now have to follow the road map for restoring rights and create an effective and sustainable anti-doping system in Russia, URA notes.. EN. The scandal that led to the expulsion of the Russian agency from the world organization began in the summer of 2016. , when the former director of the "anti-doping center" Grigory Rodchenkov said about alleged frauds with doping tests of Russian athletes.