Russia's sports officials 'justifying' themselves, says head of anti-doping laboratory The head of Russia's anti-doping laboratory Yuri Ganus reacts after Russian Sports Minister Pavel Kolobkov insisted that data on Russian athletes' test results that was sent to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) as part of attempts to clear up a long-running scandal over state-sponsored doping was not doctored. Russia's sports ministry's assurances are in direct contradiction with statements by the current head of Russia's anti-doping laboratory, Yuri Ganus, who has denied that his team had any involvement in falsifying data but has said that he believes there was manipulation by officials. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES