I just came across an interesting column in the NY Times by USADA chief Travis Tygart. He comes down very harsh on Russia but the more interesting aspect of it was the number of criticisms/post shots he takes at WADA.http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/25/opinion/come-clean-russia-or-no-rio.htmlOn three different occasions, he pretty much blasts WADA (but in a nice NY Times type of way).#1
Travos Tygart wrote:
In the wake of that exposé, the World Anti-Doping Agency — the organization that oversees the global fight against performance-enhancing drug use in sport — reluctantly started its own inquiry. Known as the Independent Commission, it was given the job of determining whether Russia’s track and field federation was operating under a state-backed doping program.
WADA knew of the Stepanovs’ accusations for years; Mr. Stepanov was offering evidence of extensive doping in Russia since 2010. Yet the agency was moved to act only after the German documentary.
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Travos Tygart wrote:
In November, the commission confirmed the Stepanovs’ claims in a report that described a “deeply rooted culture of cheating.†The commission’s chairman, the Canadian lawyer Richard W. Pound, believed the scheme extended to the highest levels of Russia’s Sports Ministry......
Along with many athletes and other advocates of clean sport, USADA has been calling for a comprehensive investigation of all Russian sport, beyond just track and field, since the November revelations.
For over seven months, these calls fell on deaf ears. Only in the last week did WADA finally embrace the demands of clean athletes like Beckie Scott, a Canadian Olympian in cross-country skiing who sits on WADA’s athlete advisory committee, for a further investigation.
In the third one, he expresses dismay that WADA's "governing rules allow its board members also to serve in an executive capacity for sports organizations" as "this inevitably gives rise to conflicts of interest."