Brazil Running Out of Time to Change Doping Law

Brazil, which has built a $25 million laboratory just to test drug cheats at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, risks being unable to do so, as it has less than three weeks to change its doping laws to conform to global regulations. Under World Anti-Doping Agency rules, doping cases must be heard by an independent specialized tribunal as opposed to a general sports court, as is the current process in Brazil. "They [Brazil] are very well aware of what they have to do," WADA chief...

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