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CAS 2011/A/2515 Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA) v. Confederação Brasileira de Desportos Acquáticos (CBDA), Fabiola Molina

Court of Arbitration for Sport · Sports (CAS) · International (Switzerland) · 20/12/2011

Why it matters

Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA) v. Confederação Brasileira de Desportos Acquáticos (CBDA), Fabiola Molina, 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. Confederação Brasileira de Desportos Acquáticos (CBDA), Fabiola Molina: an anti-doping case in aquatics before the Court of Arbitration for Sport, decided 20/12/2011. The Court held that the appeal was upheld. The full award is available from CAS.

The detail

Parties: Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA) v. Confederação Brasileira de Desportos Acquáticos (CBDA), Fabiola Molina

Case number: CAS 2011/A/2515

Outcome: Upheld

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

Issues in play: an anti-doping case

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