Authorities meet on Tuesday to strike an agreement on who will take over from the current head of the World Anti-Doping Agency Craig Reedie as the body faces intense scrutiny over the Russian doping scandal.
The 78-year-old Reedie, who leads a body criticised forlifting sanctions on Russia in September, steps down in December but the publicauthorities group meet in Montreal to pick their nominee to be WADA’s fourthpresident.
WADA rotates its presidency between representatives from theinternational sports bodies (the International Olympic Committee andfederations) and governments.After Reedie’s two terms it is now the turn ofthe member states to agree on a new chief, who will be formerly crowned at theWADA congress in Katowice in November.