WADA rues Tokyo Olympics arbitrators lack of expertise, communication: seek improvement for future games

The World-Anti Doping Agency's Independent Observers ('WADA IO's') have criticised the Court of Arbitration for Sport ('CAS') appointment of some arbitrators who had "an insufficient level of anti-doping knowledge" in a 44-page report on anti-doping matters observed at last year's Tokyo Olympics.

The report's findings come in the lead up to the Winter Olympics and draw focus on the capabilities of the CAS Anti-Doping Division in Beijing.

The report recommended that future Olympic arbitrators be provided anti-doping training to ensure requisite expertise and also highlighted concerns with CAS not communicating with WADA about the listing of hearings, meaning the IO's were unable to attend them all.