Criticism of the World Anti-Doping Agency's sanctions against Russia mushroomed with a rebuke from the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee coming on the heels of the outraged resignation of a member of the WADA athlete committee.
The USOPC and British Paralympian Victoria Aggar each expressed their disagreement with WADA's decision not to issue a blanket ban on the Russians in wake of evidence that government officials doctored data that was supposed to be used to prosecute cases stemming from the country's long-running doping scandal.
Aggar, a Paralympic rower, announced her resignation from WADA's athlete committee, saying "I simply can no longer be part of an organization that places politics over principle."
"If the data truly has been corrupted ... it's very unclear how you can decide and siphon out who's been part of the doping and who has not."
Earlier in the week, the chair of the British Olympic Association called for "the fullest possible sanctions to be taken against Russia at Tokyo 2020."
The decision forced Aggar's hand, and led her to release a statement saying WADA's actions "have fundamentally shaken my belief in an organization that I felt initially served a great purpose in protecting the integrity of sports."
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