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CAS 2003/A/442 Fédération Française d'Escrime (FFE) v. Fédération Internationale d'Escrime (FIE)

Court of Arbitration for Sport · Sports (CAS) · International (Switzerland) · 13/05/2003

Why it matters

Fédération Française d'Escrime (FFE) v. Fédération Internationale d'Escrime (FIE), an anti-doping case in fencing decided by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, the final tribunal of world sport. The Court held that the appeal was upheld. 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

Fédération Française d'Escrime (FFE) v. Fédération Internationale d'Escrime (FIE): an anti-doping case in fencing before the Court of Arbitration for Sport, decided 13/05/2003. The Court held that the appeal was upheld. The full award is available from CAS.

The detail

Parties: Fédération Française d'Escrime (FFE) v. Fédération Internationale d'Escrime (FIE)

Case number: CAS 2003/A/442

Outcome: Upheld

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

Issues in play: an anti-doping case

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