CAS 2008/A/1585 & 1586 Yücel Kop, Süreyya Ayhan Kop v. International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), Turkish Athletics Federation (TAF)
Court of Arbitration for Sport · Sports (CAS) · International (Switzerland) · 10/11/2009
Why it matters
Yücel Kop, Süreyya Ayhan Kop v. International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), Turkish Athletics Federation (TAF), an anti-doping case in athletics 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
Yücel Kop, Süreyya Ayhan Kop v. International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), Turkish Athletics Federation (TAF): an anti-doping case in athletics before the Court of Arbitration for Sport, decided 10/11/2009. The full award is available from CAS.
The detail
Parties: Yücel Kop, Süreyya Ayhan Kop v. International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), Turkish Athletics Federation (TAF)
Case number: CAS 2008/A/1585 & 1586
Outcome: None
Applicable law: The relevant federation regulations; Swiss law; the CAS Code.
Issues in play: an anti-doping case
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