AP interview: the AMA says that critics of Russia damage the fight for doping
AP interview: the AMA says that critics of Russia damage the fight for doping
Involved by public disputes and complaints of harassment, the World Anti-Doping Agency urges critics of the decision to rejoin. Russia To cease his distraction attacks.
The director general of the AMA, Olivier Niggli, told The Associated Press that it is more beneficial to work with the country, since it ends the three-year suspension of his anti-doping agency, instead of forcing the government to confess that he orchestrated the abuse of drugs and coverage. -UPS
The move proved to be so controversial that Olympic champion Beckie Scott resigned her role in a panel that reviewed the conditions for Russia's reincorporation. He later accused WADA officials of harassing her because of her opposition at a meeting of the executive committee.
"There was a heated discussion," Niggli confirmed to the AP. "Board meetings are there for arguments and discussions to be held, it's not unusual."
Scott, a former Canadian cross-country skier, felt underappreciated and received inappropriate comments at the Seychelles executive committee meeting he attended as head of the AMA athletes' committee, a position he still holds.
"I hope that in the future ... everyone understands that it is not a personal attack," Niggli said. "There are disagreements at some points, but between that and the intimidation there is a gap that I would not like to cross."
The AMA has requested what it described as an independent expert to review the recordings and the transcripts of the debate before the next meeting in Baku, Azerbaijan, on November 14.
"We have recognized Beckie's concerns," said Niggli. "We have agreed to speak with her before our next meeting, I think that is what should be done among the responsible people who want the same thing, that is to advance in the fight against doping." The irony of this whole debate is: I am convinced that we all want to move things forward and I think it's really sad that we can not concentrate our efforts on that because of this kind of problem that arises. "
Throughout the telephone interview with the AP, Niggli referred to the "political" attacks on the AMA without specifying who was coordinating them.
"I'm not sure what the agenda is, what the end of the game is ... because I only see it as a global weakening of the system, not just the WADA, which is totally counterproductive," Niggli said. "Now is the time to concentrate on real work, stop political arguments and move forward."
In justifying the continued value of the watchdog, Niggli said that those who claim that "the AMA is becoming irrelevant are simply part of political rhetoric without any substance."
Athletes and national anti-doping agencies condemned WADA for giving in even when Russia repeatedly refused to accept full statewide culpability for a doping scheme that, according to the researchers, included changing dirty samples for clean ones in the Games Olympic Games of Sochi 2014.
"I would not say that the AMA was intimidated by Russia," Niggli said. "But there was a discussion directed and proposed by our compliance committee that was trying to find the best way to move forward in a totally independent way, not controlled by any of our stakeholders."
The Russian anti-doping agency (RUSADA) was suspended in 2015 after the first of a series of WADA reports that found that the best athletes could take banned drugs with almost impunity as RUSADA and the national laboratory would cover it. Under the new agreement, Russia has a deadline of December 31 to provide access to data and samples from the former Moscow laboratory that was at the center of the plot.
Without the data, the doping cases that came out of the Russian scheme could not be completed.
"I think that instead of weakening the process, everyone should try to reinforce it so that we get the data and we can move forward with what only interests clean athletes," Niggli said. "If we look at this bluntly, it's really a win-win situation ... Do not forget that Russian athletes are competing at this moment and getting this data will allow us to clarify a series of cases with the missing pieces of a a lot of information
"If it does not work, if we do not get the data, we are able to move forward and make new decisions on a different legal basis in Russia, both fields are really better than the status quo."
The track and the field was one of the few sports to impose a ban on competing Russians. Although the IOC prevented Russia from joining a team at the Pyeongchang Olympic Winter Games in February, more than 160 athletes were still authorized to compete as "Russian Olympic Athletes".
The AMA is willing to allow Russia to re-operate its own anti-doping program despite growing evidence on how Moscow retaliated against the initial punishment. The Department of Justice of the United States described last month how the officers in service of the military intelligence body of GRU beat the sports world with a wave of computer crimes to access the data of the athletes in the anti-doping agencies that was published in line by the group "Fancy Bear".
"I hope that Russia will stop cybercrime and other countries in all areas of society and life," said Niggli. "There is a huge political context that goes beyond our mandate, I hope Russia is a very good and responsible partner."
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