FILE PHOTO: West Indies all-rounder Andre Russell reacts after he was banned for one year for a doping whereabouts rule violation, at the Jamaica Conference Centre in Kingston, Jamaica, January 31, 2017. REUTERS/Gilbert Bellamy/File Photo
KINGSTON (Reuters) - The decision on whether West Indies all-rounder Andre Russell should serve a longer ban for breaches of the whereabouts rule now rested with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), according to Jamaica's anti-doping authority.
The Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) dropped an appeal against the one-year ban imposed on Russell on Monday. They had been seeking to extend it to two years.
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