CP NewsAlert:WADA wants Russian athletes banned from Rio in wake of McLaren report

CP NewsAlert:WADA wants Russian athletes banned from Rio in wake of McLaren report | iNFOnews.ca
Canadian law professor Richard McLaren speaks at a news conference in Toronto on Monday, July 18, 2016 to present his findings into allegations of a state-backed doping conspiracy involving the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn

The World Anti-Doping Agency’s executive board wants the IOC to ban all Russian teams from the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.

WADA issued a seven-point list of requests after it published a report which confirmed claims of state-backed Russian cheating at the Sochi Olympics and beyond.

WADA also wants Russian government officials to be denied access to international competitions, including the upcoming Olympics.

The anti-doping watchdog also calls on world governing bodies of sports implicated in the inquiry report to consider action against Russian national bodies.

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