Who is drug testing Russia's athletes, now that they have returned to international competition?

Deutsche Welle · Jonathan Crane · 2026-11-05 14:51 UTC

DW has found that three-quarters of Russia's weightlifting team had no independent out-of-competition testing before this year's world championships, despite the country's doping history.

Russia is back in world sport, but who is drug testing its athletes?

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Fresh questions have emerged over Russia's return to world sport after figures reviewed by DW showed that only four of the 16 Russian weightlifters competing at this year's world championships underwent out-of-competition testing by the International Testing Agency (ITA).

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