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McLaren's interim report threw sport into chaos when it was
published in July and detailed widespread doping and
manipulation of tests by Russian athletes and officials, helped
by the country's secret service. More than 100 Russian athletes
were barred from this summer's Olympics.
The International Olympic Committee resisted calls to ban Russia
entirely from the Rio Games, but has asked international sports
federations for a freeze on holding major winter sports events
such as world championships in Russia.
It was due to review this directive in December, but McLaren's
comments threw that timeline into doubt.
“A date is not established," the Canadian sports lawyer told
reporters at an event in Zurich.
"We are in the second phase of the investigation that’s directed
primarily at the information we have on athletes and providing
that information to the various international federations. Then
it will be up to them to take action but that’s their decision,
not mine."
He added: "We will also report on information we have that we
didn’t have time to analyze in the last report and see if it
makes the picture bigger or clearer. It’s at least several
months away.”
(Writing by Brian Homewood; Editing by Mark Trevelyan)
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