WADA vice-president to vote against Russia reinstatement

FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: A sign is on display outside the office of Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) in Moscow, Russia March 28, 2018. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) - World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) vice-president Linda Helleland has said she will oppose a proposal to reinstate the Russian agency RUSADA if it comes to a vote at a meeting in the Seychelles on Thursday.

The Norwegian, the most senior member of WADA's leadership to express opposition to the move, said in a statement that Russia had yet to satisfy key criteria for its anti-doping agency's readmission.