WADA, Reedie under attack again over Russian doping scandal
DOHA, Qatar — Tensions over the Russian doping scandal broke out into the open again on Wednesday as Olympic officials blasted the World Anti-Doping Agency and an influential powerbroker called for a “neutral” leader to take over the body from Craig Reedie.
WADA came under sharp attack from delegates at the general assembly of the Association of National Olympic Committees, particularly over the agency’s handling of the allegations of state-sponsored Russian doping that overshadowed the buildup to the Rio de Janeiro Games.
In an unexpected development, ANOC President Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah said reforms of the anti-doping agency will be difficult “unless we will have a neutral chair for the next three years.”
The sheikh proposed a resolution seeking a “neutral leadership of the reform of the organization.”