Abuja – The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on Friday said it has suspended for up to four months China’s National Anti-Doping Agency laboratory.
WADA said the laboratory must, to have the decision reversed, take five remedial steps after it was found to have submitted two false negative results during blind tests in October.
If it meets WADA’s demands, the ban can be lifted early.
The laboratory has 21 days to appeal against the decision at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
During the suspension, samples must be transported securely to another WADA-accredited laboratory.
WADA, which is seeking to improve standards following a series of recent doping scandals, last week revoked accreditation from the national laboratories in Moscow and Lisbon.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Russia’s athletics federation is currently banned from international competitions after being accused of “state-sponsored’’ doping.(NAN)