CAS 2016/A/4770 Margarita Goncharova, Arslan Gilmutdinov, Sergei Pudov, Sergei Batukov, Svetlana Moshkovich, Alexey Obydennov, Sergey Semochkin, Yulia Sibagatova, Sergei Ustinov, Natalia Yanuto, Akzhana Abdikarimova, Stepanida Artakhinova, Alexey Ashapatov, Olesia Baisarina, Vladimir Balynets, Vladislav Barinov, Aleksei Bychenok, Olesya Vladykina, Aleksandr Ganzei, Aleksandra Moguchaya, Irina Vertinskaya, Ivan Goncharov, Anastasia Diodorova, Veronika Doronina, Dmitry Dushkin, Natalia Kocherova, Arsen Kurbanov, Evgenii Malykh, Anna Pimutkina, Olga Pozdnysheva, Darya Stukalova, Vitalii Telesh, Yan Shkulka, Vitalii Gritsenko v. International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
Court of Arbitration for Sport · Sports (CAS) · International (Switzerland) · 20/10/2017
Why it matters
Margarita Goncharova, Arslan Gilmutdinov, Sergei Pudov, Sergei Batukov, Svetlana Moshkovich, Alexey Obydennov, Sergey Semochkin, Yulia Sibagatova, Sergei Ustinov, Natalia Yanuto, Akzhana Abdikarimova, Stepanida Artakhinova, Alexey Ashapatov, Olesia Baisarina, Vladimir Balynets, Vladislav Barinov, Aleksei Bychenok, Olesya Vladykina, Aleksandr Ganzei, Aleksandra Moguchaya, Irina Vertinskaya, Ivan Goncharov, Anastasia Diodorova, Veronika Doronina, Dmitry Dushkin, Natalia Kocherova, Arsen Kurbanov, Evgenii Malykh, Anna Pimutkina, Olga Pozdnysheva, Darya Stukalova, Vitalii Telesh, Yan Shkulka, Vitalii Gritsenko v. International Paralympic Committee (IPC), an eligibility dispute in paralympic sport decided by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, the final tribunal of world sport. The Court held that CAS found it had no jurisdiction. For a student, it shows how CAS balances a federation's rules on who may compete against the athlete's rights.
Summary
Margarita Goncharova, Arslan Gilmutdinov, Sergei Pudov, Sergei Batukov, Svetlana Moshkovich, Alexey Obydennov, Sergey Semochkin, Yulia Sibagatova, Sergei Ustinov, Natalia Yanuto, Akzhana Abdikarimova, Stepanida Artakhinova, Alexey Ashapatov, Olesia Baisarina, Vladimir Balynets, Vladislav Barinov, Aleksei Bychenok, Olesya Vladykina, Aleksandr Ganzei, Aleksandra Moguchaya, Irina Vertinskaya, Ivan Goncharov, Anastasia Diodorova, Veronika Doronina, Dmitry Dushkin, Natalia Kocherova, Arsen Kurbanov, Evgenii Malykh, Anna Pimutkina, Olga Pozdnysheva, Darya Stukalova, Vitalii Telesh, Yan Shkulka, Vitalii Gritsenko v. International Paralympic Committee (IPC): an eligibility dispute in paralympic sport before the Court of Arbitration for Sport, decided 20/10/2017. The Court held that CAS found it had no jurisdiction. The full award is available from CAS.
The detail
Parties: Margarita Goncharova, Arslan Gilmutdinov, Sergei Pudov, Sergei Batukov, Svetlana Moshkovich, Alexey Obydennov, Sergey Semochkin, Yulia Sibagatova, Sergei Ustinov, Natalia Yanuto, Akzhana Abdikarimova, Stepanida Artakhinova, Alexey Ashapatov, Olesia Baisarina, Vladimir Balynets, Vladislav Barinov, Aleksei Bychenok, Olesya Vladykina, Aleksandr Ganzei, Aleksandra Moguchaya, Irina Vertinskaya, Ivan Goncharov, Anastasia Diodorova, Veronika Doronina, Dmitry Dushkin, Natalia Kocherova, Arsen Kurbanov, Evgenii Malykh, Anna Pimutkina, Olga Pozdnysheva, Darya Stukalova, Vitalii Telesh, Yan Shkulka, Vitalii Gritsenko v. International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
Case number: CAS 2016/A/4770
Outcome: Jurisdiction denied
Applicable law: The relevant federation regulations; Swiss law; the CAS Code.
Issues in play: an eligibility dispute
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