Russia ordered doping cover-up at 2013 worlds - WADA investigator

An independent investigator appointed by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said Friday that the Russian government covered up positive drug tests at the 2013 World Athletics Championships in Moscow.

"It is my view that I have the evidence to confirm the broad outline contained in my correspondence to the IAAF Taskforce legal counsel that the (Russian) Ministry of Sport was involved in instructing the (Moscow) laboratory to not report positive sample results over the period before, during and after the IAAF Championships in 2013," said Professor Richard H. McLaren in a statement.

McLaren's statement was issued just hours after the IAAF, world athletics' governing body, voted unanimously to uphold the ban on the doping-tainted Russian federation, but left the door ajar for some track and field stars to compete at the Rio Olympics as neutrals.