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CAS 2008/A/1564 World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) v. Florian Busch, International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF)

Court of Arbitration for Sport · Sports (CAS) · International (Switzerland) · 23/06/2009

Why it matters

World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) v. Florian Busch, International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), an anti-doping case in ice hockey 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

World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) v. Florian Busch, International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF): an anti-doping case in ice hockey before the Court of Arbitration for Sport, decided 23/06/2009. The Court held that the appeal was upheld. The full award is available from CAS.

The detail

Parties: World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) v. Florian Busch, International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF)

Case number: CAS 2008/A/1564

Outcome: Upheld

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

Issues in play: an anti-doping case

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