WADA pledges vigilance on Russian athletes ahead of 2028 Olympics

WADA pledges vigilance on Russian athletes ahead of 2028 Olympics

In a controversial decision last month, the International Olympic Committee opened the way for Russian athletes to compete at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. Years before Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, WADA uncovered what it termed a massive state-backed Russian doping campaign at the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi. "We're not naive," WADA director general Olivier Niggli told AFP at the agency's headquarters in Montreal. "We're going to be vigila…