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CAS 2008/A/1641 Netherlands Antilles Olympic Committee (NAOC) v. International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), United States Olympic Committee (USOC)

Court of Arbitration for Sport · Sports (CAS) · International (Switzerland) · 06/03/2009

Why it matters

Netherlands Antilles Olympic Committee (NAOC) v. International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), United States Olympic Committee (USOC), an eligibility dispute in athletics 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

Netherlands Antilles Olympic Committee (NAOC) v. International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), United States Olympic Committee (USOC): an eligibility dispute in athletics before the Court of Arbitration for Sport, decided 06/03/2009. The Court held that the appeal was dismissed. The full award is available from CAS.

The detail

Parties: Netherlands Antilles Olympic Committee (NAOC) v. International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), United States Olympic Committee (USOC)

Case number: CAS 2008/A/1641

Outcome: Dismissed

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

Issues in play: an eligibility dispute

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