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These days I come across more and more articles (published in Japan) which mention that Russia's flag is likely to be out of Tokyo 2020 Olys again. Yesterday I saw the similar news on TV, too. Now I wonder if it can be the case. Here are some articles in English. What do you guys think?
Russia anti-doping boss expects lengthy Olympic ban
Russian doping scandal: 'Russia must expect 2020 Olympics ban' - Rusada head
Russia anti-doping boss expects lengthy Olympic ban
On Oct. 23, WADA’s Compliance Review Committee, which has powers to recommend sanctions, is set to meet experts who have analysed the data and looked at Russia’s explanations.
The walls of Ganus’s office in central Moscow are covered with posters promoting clean sport and messages of support from counterparts around the world.
He insists his organization had nothing to do with the data manipulation because it did not have access to the database in question.
He believes that high-ranking officials must have carried out the fraud since the laboratory data was “under the control of Russia’s Investigative Committee.”
Russian doping scandal: 'Russia must expect 2020 Olympics ban' - Rusada head
The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) said last month Russia could be banned from all major sports events over "discrepancies" in the Moscow lab data.
"Russia's Olympic squad will be prevented from participating in Tokyo," said Rusada director Yuri Ganus.
"I think that this will also happen at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games.