Wada is unfit for purpose, claim athletes and 17 national anti-doping agencies

• Athletes call for widespread reform of Wada
• UK and US agencies stand ‘shoulder-to-shoulder’ with athletes

Athletes have told the World Anti-Doping Agency that public confidence in the organisation is at an all-time low in a move supported by 17 national anti-doping agencies who are all calling for widespread reform.

The British gold medal-winning cyclist Callum Skinner has backed a petition, started by the Paralympian powerlifter Ali Jawad, saying athletes were appalled by Wada’s decision to readmit the Russian Anti-Doping Agency last month and criticising Wada’s governance structure as “not fit for purpose”.

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