Russia and WADA reach understanding about lab data - Kremlin

A general view shows the building of the Russian anti-doping center in Moscow, Russia January 9, 2019. REUTERS/Mikhail Antonov

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday that Russia and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) had reached an understanding on the handover of data from the former Moscow anti-doping laboratory.

Russia was due to hand over the data to WADA by the end of 2018 in order for RUSADA, its national anti-doping agency, to keep its accreditation.

A WADA delegation is in Moscow to retrieve the laboratory data, having returned empty-handed last month.

FILE PHOTO: A woman walks into the head office of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in Montreal, Quebec, Canada November 9, 2015. REUTERS/Christinne Muschi/File Photo

(Reporting by Andrey Ostroukh and Tom Balmforth; Writing by Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber; Editing by Kevin Liffey)