WADA mulls next move after Russia misses deadline

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on Tuesday said that Russian authorities had failed to provide access to laboratory doping data by their year-end deadline, and it will therefore consider sanctions against the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA).

RUSADA was stripped of its accreditation in 2015 after a WADA-commissioned report found evidence of widespread state-sponsored doping in Russian athletics. But it was conditionally reinstated in September.

"I am bitterly disappointed that data extraction from the former Moscow Laboratory has not been completed by the date agreed by WADA's (executive committee) in September 2018," said WADA president Craig Reedie.