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Global Athlete — movement, defending the rights and interests of athletes, has published an open letter addressed to world anti-doping Agency (WADA), demanding immediate reforms and signed a number of large sports organizations. Among them were the Advisory Committee for athletes at the Olympic Committee of the USA (USOPC). Among the requirements is the increase in the representation of athletes in the Executive Committee of WADA, providing a more “transparent” and “accountable” to the Agency’s activities and publication of materials related to ongoing investigations.With the collective letter to the world anti-doping Agency asked several sports associations fighting for the rights of athletes. In Global movements and AthletesCAN Athlete, kind of the athletics Union Athletics Association, Advisory Committee on athletes with Olympic Committee of the USA and a number of organizations called on WADA to conduct urgent “appropriate” reforms. They should be aimed mainly at strengthening the “independence” and “transparency” of the Agency.The leadership of WADA, said in a letter, “represented in proportion to financial contributions, which excludes the possibility that the representatives of most countries in the Board of founders or the Executive Committee of the Agency.” In addition, organizations under the auspices of the Global Athlete need to increase the presence of current athletes on the Executive Committee of WADA.Although, as acknowledged by the authors of the collective appeal, the head of WADA Witold Banka expressed his willingness to meet with athletes in September, the reforms do not require delay and should be taken as early as possible. The Agency, as reported by the representatives of WADA resource Inside the Games, changes are already being held: “We look forward to opportunities to talk about the progress that has been achieved through our ongoing management reforms”.These statements were made against the background of the WADA conflict with the United States, whose investments in the budget structure is $2.7 million less than a month since then, as the White house office on national control policy (ONDCP) has called on Congress to stop the funding of WADA. Thus the American side wanted to achieve from the world anti-doping Agency reform, which would also be focused on improving “transparency” and “independence”. Namely independence, according to ONDCP, WADA and not enough in the imposition of sanctions against Russia for the manipulation of databases of the Moscow anti-doping laboratory. On allegations by the U.S. Agency then replied very sharply: “WADA can’t control some of the richest countries of the world.”Ekaterina Remizova