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    Sports Doping Watchdog Says Russia 'Non-Compliant'

    The World Anti-Doping Agency says Russia's official sports drug-testing lab doesn't meet guidelines, placing in doubt the country's participation in the Winter Olympics.
    by Scott Neuman Nov 16, 2017 1 minute
    Yuri Ganus, director general of the Russian Antidoping Agency, at a news conference in Moscow.

    The World Anti-Doping Agency says that Russia's official sports drug-testing lab, which was suspended in 2015 following evidence of state-sponsored doping, remains "non-compliant."

    The finding throws into doubt whether Russian athletes will be allowed to compete in in Pyeongchang, South Korea, in February.

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