The Russians make no secret of it: they are counting on the postponement of the Tokyo Games and other major international events to regain their place within the Olympic movement. The deputy director of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA), Margarita Pakhnotskaya, is taking the lead in explaining that anti-doping controls in the country could probably resume their normal pace around mid-May. “ We are in the process of equipping ourselves with special protective suits intended for doping control inspectors, she told the site sports.ru. We are also studying in detail the epidemiological situation in the different Russian regions, but also the containment and travel restriction measures across the country. In some regions, restrictions are almost non-existent. » Russian sport still faces a four-year suspension of world events, including the Olympics, but the COVID-19 pandemic has suspended for the moment the appeal process launched by Russian authorities against the decision of the World Anti-Doping Agency.
