MILAN: The World Anti-Doping Agency called on the United States to pay its overdue membership fees Thursday and rejected Washington’s bipartisan demand to submit to an independent audit.
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The US has long sought more transparency from WADA, which has been criticized for its handling of politically sensitive doping cases. A government funding bill signed into law this week restricts payment of the $3.7 million in dues until there’s an independent audit.
WADA President Witold Banka, speaking at a news conference at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, named a list of audits that his watchdog organization is already subject to and said that’s good enough.
“I don’t know any other international organization with such strong auditing mechanisms, so I think there are no obstacles for our friends from US to fulfill their duties and pay the contributions,” he said.
