Lausanne: The World Anti Doping Agency banned Russia for four years from major global sporting events on Monday. The WADA banned Russia including the Tokyo Olympics 2020 and World Cup 2022 in Qatar, over manipulated doping data.

   The WADA’s Executive Committee handed Russia the four years suspension after accusing, Moscow of falsifying laboratory doping data handed over to investigators earlier this year. WADA Executive Committee approved unanimously to assert non-compliance on the Russian Anti-Doping Agency for a period of four years, said WADA’s spokesperson James Fitz Gerald. He also said that Russian sportsmen and women will still be allowed to compete at the Olympics next year and the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, but only if they can demonstrate that they were not part of what WADA believes state sponsored system of doping.

   The independent report by sports lawyers Richard McLaren released in 2016 revealed the significant extent of state sponsored doping in Russia, notably between 2011 and 2015. It led to the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) being suspended for nearly three years previously over revelations of vast state supported doping program. Full discloser of data from the Moscow laboratory was a key condition of Russia’s controversial reinstatement by WADA in September in 2018.