Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko speaks during an interview with Reuters in Moscow, Russia, March 11, 2016.MAXIM ZMEYEV/Reuters
The World Anti Doping Agency has stripped accreditation from the laboratory in Moscow implicated in a state-sponsored conspiracy.
The decision Friday comes more than five months after the testing centre's reputation was shredded in a WADA-commissioned inquiry report into doping and coverups in Russia.
In November, WADA suspended the laboratory's working status pending a disciplinary case. The inquiry's allegations included that laboratory director Grigory Rodchenkov took money from athletes to conceal positive tests.
In a separate case Friday, WADA suspended accreditation of the laboratory in Lisbon for unspecified reasons.