Ramil Khabriev, the agency’s former director general, told Russian news agency Tass that Kamaev’s death appeared to be caused by a heart attack.
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“Sadly, Nikita has passed away”.
Kamayev’s death comes as inspectors from International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) were scheduled to begin a two-day visit to Russia to review anti-doping reform after the country’s athletes were barred from international competitions.
The former executive director of Russia’s Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) Nikita Kamayev has died barely two months after resigning from the position, a RUSADA spokesperson confirmed on Monday.
“It looks like an extensive infraction”, Khabriev said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin distanced himself from the accusations and called on those responsible to own up to the violations.
As executive director, Kamayev oversaw the day-today operations of WADA until his resignation last December.
Kamaev had initially responded defiantly to the WADA report released in November, branding the suspension of Moscow’s anti-doping laboratory “utter nonsense” and ridiculing the allegations as reminiscent of “the epoch of James Bond”. File October 21, 2013.
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The Independent Commission of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) published on November 9, 2015, results of its probe into the activity of the All-Russia Athletics Federation (ARAF), the Moscow anti-doping laboratory, the RUSADA and the Russian Sports Ministry.
