The Russian government risks missing a deadline to allow access to the Moscow laboratory at the center of the country's doping scandals, the head of the country's anti-doping agency said Friday.
A deal between the World Anti-Doping Agency and the Russian government allowed the agency, known as RUSADA, to be reinstated in September in return for data from the lab by the end of 2018.
"I am feeling worried about how the situation is developing regarding access to the Moscow lab," RUSADA CEO Yuri Ganus told the Tass news agency.
He added that talks on how access should be granted have so far failed to agree on who exactly should be allowed into the lab and progress is needed "rapidly" as the WADA board prepares to meet next week. If Russia fails to uphold its promise, Ganus said, "we will lose trust, if not forever, then for many years."
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