The World Anti-Doping Agency has cancelled its scheduled Rio 2016 pre-Games press conference to avoid it being overshadowed by the ongoing Russian doping crisis.The WADA press conference had been due to take place at the Main Press Centre on the Olympic Park at 1530 local time on Thursday, a day before the Games opening ceremony.President Craig Reedie, director general Olivier Niggli and independent observer team chair Jonathan Taylor were due to have appeared before the media.WADA spokesman Ben Nichols confirmed to the Press Association that the press conference had been cancelled.Given current events, we believed that our press conference -- which was to focus on WADAs Independent Observer and Athlete Outreach programs -- would be overshadowed by other matters, he said.WADA came in for criticism from International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach on Sunday for failing to act more quickly on evidence of widespread doping in Russia provided by whistleblower Yuliya Stepanova.Bach said the IOC was not responsible for the timing of the WADA-commissioned McLaren report and could therefore not be held responsible for the scramble to assess the eligibility of Russian athletes to compete in Rio 2016 just days before the Games are due to start.The International Association of Athletics Federations imposed its own ban on the Russian track and field team and more than 100 Russian athletes across all sports have so far been excluded from the Games.The IOC asked international federations to make their own rulings on Russian athlete eligibility for Rio 2016 and has set up an independent IOC panel to give a final decision on eligibility.Over 250 athlees have been declared eligibile by the federations and some Russian athletes have filed appeals against their bans. 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