Russia's new anti-doping chief looks for fresh start


Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) Director General Yuri Ganus attends an interview with Reuters in Moscow, Russia September 20, 2017. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Almost two years after Russia crashed out of world athletics amid a spate of drugs scandals, former university lecturer Yuri Ganus sits in his Moscow office, plotting the rehabilitation of the national anti-doping agency.

The 53-year-old, who took over as the RUSADA agency's director general just three weeks ago, told Reuters sweeping staff changes and a switch of mindset had already left the organisation almost unrecognisable.

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