FILE PHOTO: Pavel Kolobkov, Minister of Sport of Russia addresses the Symposium of the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) in Ecublens, Switzerland, March 13, 2017. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
MONTREAL (Reuters) - Russia is making progress but more work lies ahead, including the removal of Yelena Isinbayeva as chair of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA), before the country can be ruled compliant, the World Anti-Doping Agency said on Thursday.
It has been nearly two years since RUSADA was branded non-compliant and WADA said Russia will remain an outcast until four key demands are met, chief among them Isinbayeva's removal from RUSADA and her replacement with an independent chair and vice-chair.
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