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GOOD!

Russian National Anti-doping
Agency RUSADA head Yuri
Ganus arrives to attend a
news conference in Moscow,
Russia, Friday, Dec. 27, 2019.
Associated Press
Russia

confirms it

will appeal

4-year

Olympic

ban

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia
confirmed Friday that it will
appeal its four-year Olym-
pic ban for manipulating
doping data.
The Russian anti-doping
agency, known as RU-
SADA, sent a formal let-
ter disagreeing with the
sanctions imposed earlier
this month by the World
Anti-Doping Agency. The
case is now heading to
the Court of Arbitration for
Sport (CAS).
Next year's Olympics in To-
kyo will be the third con-
secutive edition of the
games preceded by a
legal battle over Russian
doping issues.
RUSADA said it “disputes
the (WADA) notice in its
entirety,” including the
evidence of tampering
with the data archive. The
data was handed over in Kawhi Leonard is the AP’s male athlete of 2019
January and was meant
to clear up past cover-ups,
but has led to more legal Los Angeles Clippers' Kawhi Leonard dunks during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the San Antonio Spurs, Saturday,
tussles. Dec. 21, 2019, in San Antonio.
Associated Press
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