LOS ANGELES: The United States Anti-Doping Agency condemned the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s decision to halve Russia’s doping ban on Thursday as a “tragedy” for the global fight against drug cheats, slamming the ruling as a “weak and loophole-riddled outcome.”
USADA chief executive Travis Tygart said the CAS decision — which cut Russia’s proposed four-year ban to two years — represented a “significant loss” for the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and clean athletes.
The two-year sanction bars Russia from sending an official delegation to the rearranged 2021 Tokyo Olympics, the 2022 Winter Olympics and the 2022 World Cup but allows…
