In the section relating to a foreign footballer testing positive, the report added: “The IP [McLaren] is aware of at least one foreign footballer playing in the Russian League had that benefit of a SAVE order”.
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WADA issued a seven-point list of requests after it published a report which confirmed claims of state-backed Russian cheating at the Sochi Olympics and beyond.
But in his report on Russian doping, arbitrator Richard McLaren did not make any recommendations for the future of the Russian team at the Rio Olympics.
“Furthermore, any exceptional entry of a Russian athlete should be considered by the International Olympic Committee and IPC for participation under a neutral flag and in accordance with very strict criteria”.
WADA also recommends that Russian Government officials be denied access to worldwide competitions, including Rio 2016.
The IOC, meanwhile, said it “will now carefully study the complex and detailed allegations, in particular with regard to the Russian Ministry of Sport”.
A statement added: “The findings of the report show a shocking an unprecedented attack on the integrity of sport and on the Olympic Games”.
But any particularly damning revelations contained in today’s report are likely to lead to more pressure on the International Olympic Committee or individual federations to take a harder line on Russia’s participation in the Games.
The statement said the International Olympic Committee executive board would hold a conference call to discuss immediate sanctions surrounding the Rio Olympics.
“I am unwaveringly confident in our report”, he said.
“The IPC will now analyse the report’s findings in detail to evaluate what impact they have on the Paralympic Movement and Para-sport”.
Richard McLaren, appointed by WADA to lead the independent commission, revealed his findings at a media conference in Toronto on Monday and stated Russian Federation had a system in place to cover up positive tests in “many sports”.
The anti-doping watchdog also calls on world governing bodies of sports implicated in the inquiry report to consider action against Russian national bodies.
McLaren’s report directly names deputy sports minister Yuri Nagornykh and chief anti-doping advisor Natalia Zhelanova as being central to this scheme, but also says it was “inconceivable” that sports minister Vitaly Mutko, who also runs Russian football and sits on FIFA’s council, was unaware of what was going on. A copy of such a call, a letter sent to the International Olympic Committee, was leaked over the weekend.
Doping allegations have repeatedly been discredited by Russian authorities, including a spokesman for President Vladimir Putin who referred to Stepanova as “Judas”, according to an IAAF report.
The investigation also found that the “Disappearing Positive Methodology” of hiding positive drug tests was in place ahead of a number of major sporting events including the 2013 Athletics World Championships in Moscow and 2015 Swimming World Championships in Kazan.
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“We consider it to be an attempt to create an global coalition of athletes and organisations supporting a complete ban on Russian athletes competing at the Olympics”.
