Russia 2018 CEO disputes WADA, says no state-backed doping

FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2014 file photo, a Russian skating fan holds the country's national flag over the Olympic rings before the start of the men's 10,000-meter speedskating race at Adler Arena Skating Center during the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, RuMEXICO CITY (AP) The head of the 2018 World Cup in Russia says there hasn't been state-sponsored doping in the country, disputing a key finding of a World Anti-Doping Agency investigation.

WADA commission head Dick Pound said last year that Russia seemed to have been sporting a ''state-supported'' doping program in track and field.

But 2018 World Cup organizing committee chief esecutive Alexey Sorokin says ''it's not like it's claimed…