CAS 2014/AUS/2014 Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) v. Kim Mottrom
Court of Arbitration for Sport · Sports (CAS) · International (Switzerland) · 21/03/2016
Why it matters
Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) v. Kim Mottrom, 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 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
Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) v. Kim Mottrom: an anti-doping case in athletics before the Court of Arbitration for Sport, decided 21/03/2016. The Court held that the appeal was upheld. The full award is available from CAS.
The detail
Parties: Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) v. Kim Mottrom
Case number: CAS 2014/AUS/2014
Outcome: Upheld
Applicable law: The relevant federation regulations; Swiss law; the CAS Code.
Issues in play: an anti-doping case
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