republica/iStock(MOSCOW) — Russia is once again facing a potential ban from the Olympics, and all other major international competitions, after the World Anti-Doping Agency said it had found “inconsistencies” in test results provided by the country’s anti-doping agency.
WADA said on Monday it had begun compliance proceedings against Russia’s national anti-doping agency, Rusada, after the problems were found in a collection of doping test results handed over by the agency’s laboratory in Moscow. The body said it was giving Rusada three weeks to explain the discrepancies or else it would be deemed “non-compliant” with WADA’s rules.
If found noncompliant,
