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CAS 1994/C/128 Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) v. Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (CONI)

Court of Arbitration for Sport · Sports (CAS) · International (Switzerland) · 05/01/1995

Why it matters

Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) v. Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (CONI), an anti-doping case in cycling decided by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, the final tribunal of world sport. For a student, it shows how CAS applies the World Anti-Doping Code: the athlete bears a heavy burden to explain an adverse finding, and CAS reviews both the science and the sanction afresh.

Summary

Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) v. Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (CONI): an anti-doping case in cycling before the Court of Arbitration for Sport, decided 05/01/1995. The full award is available from CAS.

The detail

Parties: Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) v. Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (CONI)

Case number: CAS 1994/C/128

Outcome: See the award.

Applicable law: The relevant federation regulations; Swiss law; the CAS Code.

Issues in play: an anti-doping case

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