CAS 2008/A/1615 Hellenic Modern Pentathlon Federation (HMPF) v. Angela Darby, Australian Olympic Committee (AOC), Modern Pentathlon Australia (MPA), Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM)
Court of Arbitration for Sport · Sports (CAS) · International (Switzerland) · 31/10/2008
Why it matters
Hellenic Modern Pentathlon Federation (HMPF) v. Angela Darby, Australian Olympic Committee (AOC), Modern Pentathlon Australia (MPA), Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM), an eligibility dispute in modern pentathlon decided by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, the final tribunal of world sport. The Court held that the appeal was dismissed. For a student, it shows how CAS balances a federation's rules on who may compete against the athlete's rights.
Summary
Hellenic Modern Pentathlon Federation (HMPF) v. Angela Darby, Australian Olympic Committee (AOC), Modern Pentathlon Australia (MPA), Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM): an eligibility dispute in modern pentathlon before the Court of Arbitration for Sport, decided 31/10/2008. The Court held that the appeal was dismissed. The full award is available from CAS.
The detail
Parties: Hellenic Modern Pentathlon Federation (HMPF) v. Angela Darby, Australian Olympic Committee (AOC), Modern Pentathlon Australia (MPA), Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM)
Case number: CAS 2008/A/1615
Outcome: Dismissed
Applicable law: The relevant federation regulations; Swiss law; the CAS Code.
Issues in play: an eligibility dispute
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