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FILE - In this file photo dated Friday, Dec. 27, 2019, Russian National Anti-doping Agency RUSADA head Yuri Ganus speaks during a news conference in Moscow, Russia. Ganus was fired Friday Aug. 28, 2020, after his agency’s supervisory board recommended that the Russian Olympic Committee and Russian Paralympic Committee consider removing him because of alleged financial irregularities. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, FILE)

Outspoken head of Russian anti-doping agency fired

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Russia on verge of firing outspoken anti-doping agency CEO

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This May 24, 2016 file photo shows a RUSADA sign that reads: &quot;Russian National Anti-doping Agency&quot; on a building in Moscow, Russia. Russia is accused of manipulating an archive of doping data from a laboratory in Moscow, which was meant to be a peace offering to the World Anti-Doping Agency to solve earlier disputes. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File) **FILE**

Russia confirms it will appeal 4-year Olympic ban

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FILE - In this Feb. 5, 2018 file photo, Russia's sports minister Pavel Kolobkov attends a press conference in Moscow, Russia. Speeches by representatives from the U.S. and Russia delivered Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019, in Poland, illustrated the wide gap in perceptions about the Russian doping scandal that has upended Olympic sports. U.S. Anti-Doping Agency head Travis Tygart said Russia can no longer be allowed to steal medals from clean athletes. A few minutes later, Kolobkov said Russia has paid the price for its misdeeds and should be welcomed back into the fold. Russia is under threat of missing the Tokyo Olympics. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

Russian sports leaders fight over doping data breach

By EDDIE PELLS and JAMES ELLINGWORTH - Associated Press

Leader of Russian anti-doping agency calls on Putin for help

By EDDIE PELLS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2019 file photo, Russian National Anti-doping Agency RUSADA head Yuri Ganus speaks during a news conference in Moscow, Russia. Russian agency CEO Yuri Ganus says he feels “betrayed” after evidence emerged that crucial doping data was tampered with. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

Russian anti-doping CEO ‘betrayed’ by data tampering

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH - Associated Press

Up to 70 Russian athletes could face doping charges

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018 file photo, Russian National Anti-doping Agency RUSADA head Yuri Ganus speaks to journalists in Moscow, Russia. The CEO of the Russian anti-doping agency Yuri Ganus, has called for the entire management and coaching staff of the country’s track and field federation to be removed from their posts. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Russian anti-doping head demands purge of track federation

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH - Associated Press

In this photo taken on Tuesday, May 24, 2016, Employees work in Russia's national drug-testing laboratory in Moscow, Russia . World Anti-Doping Agency experts have started the process of copying data from a Moscow laboratory that could implicate numerous Russian athletes in past drug cases. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Russia’s anti-doping agency welcomes lab data progress

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo taken on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018, Russian National Anti-doping Agency RUSADA head Yuri Ganus leaves the office in Moscow, Russia. The head of the Russian anti-doping agency, known as RUSADA, urged the government to cooperate with WADA, saying that time was running out to avoid new, heavier sanctions for non-cooperation. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Drug testers say they’re quietly reforming Russia

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH - Associated Press

Russia tracks growing rate of positive doping cases

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH - Associated Press