CAS 2011/A/2495-2498 Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA) v. César Augusto Cielo Filho, Confederação Brasileira de Desportos Acquáticos (CBDA), Henrique Ribeiro Marques Barbosa, Nicholas Araujo Dias dos Santos, Vinicius Rocha Barbosa Waked
Court of Arbitration for Sport · Sports (CAS) · International (Switzerland) · 29/07/2011
Why it matters
Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA) v. César Augusto Cielo Filho, Confederação Brasileira de Desportos Acquáticos (CBDA), Henrique Ribeiro Marques Barbosa, Nicholas Araujo Dias dos Santos, Vinicius Rocha Barbosa Waked, an anti-doping case in aquatics 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 Internationale de Natation (FINA) v. César Augusto Cielo Filho, Confederação Brasileira de Desportos Acquáticos (CBDA), Henrique Ribeiro Marques Barbosa, Nicholas Araujo Dias dos Santos, Vinicius Rocha Barbosa Waked: an anti-doping case in aquatics before the Court of Arbitration for Sport, decided 29/07/2011. The Court held that the appeal was upheld. The full award is available from CAS.
The detail
Parties: Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA) v. César Augusto Cielo Filho, Confederação Brasileira de Desportos Acquáticos (CBDA), Henrique Ribeiro Marques Barbosa, Nicholas Araujo Dias dos Santos, Vinicius Rocha Barbosa Waked
Case number: CAS 2011/A/2495-2498
Outcome: Upheld
Applicable law: The relevant federation regulations; Swiss law; the CAS Code.
Issues in play: an anti-doping case
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