Meeting last weekend in Shanghai, China, the executive committee of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) generously distributed yellow and red cards. It concerns more than half a dozen countries. At the top of the list are Bermuda and South Africa. Their national anti-doping agencies have been declared non-compliant with the World Anti-Doping Code. Never very good news, especially less than a year before the Olympic Games. The two countries have a period of 21 days, from the date of receipt of the notification of non-compliance, to contest it. Six other countries – Algeria, Angola, Ecuador, Mongolia, Morocco and the Philippines – were placed on the “ watch list » of the AMA. A form of warning, nothing more, but which could lead to a declaration of non-compliance if they do not correct the situation within the next four months. Same thing for Panam Sports. The Pan American sports organization was also declared non-compliant with the world anti-doping code. Finally, more usual, even almost ritual, the WADA executive committee looked into the case of Russia. Without the slightest surprise, its members decided… not to decide anything. Despite the end of his two-year suspension last December, his national anti-doping agency (RUSADA) has still not been reinstated. WADA also specifies that it has continued its patient work to recover data and samples from the Moscow laboratory. To date, it has sanctioned 218 cases of anti-doping rule violations, plus 63 others leading to indictments.
