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CAS 2012/H/009 Nour-Eddine Gezzar v. Fédération Française d’Athlétisme (FFA)

Court of Arbitration for Sport · Sports (CAS) · International (Switzerland) · 03/08/2012

Why it matters

Nour-Eddine Gezzar v. Fédération Française d’Athlétisme (FFA), an anti-doping case 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 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

Nour-Eddine Gezzar v. Fédération Française d’Athlétisme (FFA): an anti-doping case in athletics before the Court of Arbitration for Sport, decided 03/08/2012. The Court held that the appeal was dismissed. The full award is available from CAS.

The detail

Parties: Nour-Eddine Gezzar v. Fédération Française d’Athlétisme (FFA)

Case number: CAS 2012/H/009

Outcome: Dismissed

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

Issues in play: an anti-doping case

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