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Associated Press: World Anti-Doping Agency reinstates Russia to end nearly 3-year suspension for doping scheme

Published Sept. 20, 2018 at 4:15 pm

Picture of the logo of World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) taken on Sept. 20, 2016 at the headquarter of the organisation in Montreal.

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The World Anti-Doping Agency has reinstated Russia, ending a nearly three-year suspension caused by state-sponsored doping.

WADA says its 12-member executive committee voted to reinstate the Russian Anti-Doping Agency “subject to strict conditions.”