Canadian Olympic champion Beckie Scott has resigned from the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) Compliance Review Committee, CBC has learned.
The move comes after that committee recommended on Friday that the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) be reinstated.
Scott will remain as the chair of WADA’s athlete committee.
More serious fallout.. and very telling about the state of <a href=”https://twitter.com/wada_ama?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>@wada_ama</a> – CBC can confirm that Canada’s <a href=”https://twitter.com/BeckieScott4?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>@BeckieScott4</a> has resigned from WADA’s Compliance Review Committee in the wake of the CRC’s recommendation to reinstate <a href=”https://twitter.com/rusada?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>@rusada</a>. Scott remains chair of WADA’s athlete committee. <a href=”https://t.co/yP4bO8rOdc”>https://t.co/yP4bO8rOdc</a>
—@StephJenzer
More to come.