CAS 2016/A/4803 & 4804 & 4983 Ekaterina Gnidenko, Maria Abakumova, Tatyana Lebedeva v. International Olympic Committee (IOC), Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)
Court of Arbitration for Sport · Sports (CAS) · International (Switzerland) · 25/07/2018
Why it matters
Ekaterina Gnidenko, Maria Abakumova, Tatyana Lebedeva v. International Olympic Committee (IOC), Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), 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
Ekaterina Gnidenko, Maria Abakumova, Tatyana Lebedeva v. International Olympic Committee (IOC), Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA): an anti-doping case in athletics before the Court of Arbitration for Sport, decided 25/07/2018. The Court held that the appeal was dismissed. The full award is available from CAS.
The detail
Parties: Ekaterina Gnidenko, Maria Abakumova, Tatyana Lebedeva v. International Olympic Committee (IOC), Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)
Case number: CAS 2016/A/4803 & 4804 & 4983
Outcome: Dismissed
Applicable law: The relevant federation regulations; Swiss law; the CAS Code.
Issues in play: an anti-doping case
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