New WADA report on Russian doping coming Dec 9

PanARMENIAN.Net - World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) investigator Richard McLaren is releasing his latest report on Friday, December 9 into allegations of state-sponsored cheating and cover-ups in Russia, The Associated Press reports.

The report is expected to focus on evidence of a doping conspiracy centered on the 2014 Sochi Winter Games, including details of the manipulation of doping samples.

McLaren's first report, issued in July, led WADA to call for Russia's exclusion from the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. The IOC rejected the call, instead allowing international sports federations to decide which Russian athletes could compete.

McLaren's new report will be submitted to the International Olympic Committee, which has two separate commissions looking into the allegations. The IOC has said it will impose stiff sanctions on any athletes and officials implicated in doping.