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Russian Athletes’ Tools to Avoid Testing: Radio Silence and Secure Perimeters

Related Topics: Russia, Doping in sport

GLASGOW — Russian athletes, under intense scrutiny after revelations of widespread doping, remain elusive to antidoping authorities, failing to provide updates on their whereabouts and training inside military areas that are inaccessible to drug-testing officials, according to the global watchdog for sports doping.

“There are still challenges when working within Russia,” Rob Koehler, the deputy director general of the World Anti-Doping Agency, told dozens of government and sports officials on Sunday at the agency’s board meetings here.