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CAS 2016/H/004 Yulia Efimova v. Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA), International Olympic Committee (IOC), Russian Olympic Committee (ROC)

Court of Arbitration for Sport · Sports (CAS) · International (Switzerland) · 04/08/2016

Why it matters

Yulia Efimova v. Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA), International Olympic Committee (IOC), Russian Olympic Committee (ROC), an eligibility dispute 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 partially upheld. For a student, it shows how CAS balances a federation's rules on who may compete against the athlete's rights.

Summary

Yulia Efimova v. Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA), International Olympic Committee (IOC), Russian Olympic Committee (ROC): an eligibility dispute in aquatics before the Court of Arbitration for Sport, decided 04/08/2016. The Court held that the appeal was partially upheld. The full award is available from CAS.

The detail

Parties: Yulia Efimova v. Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA), International Olympic Committee (IOC), Russian Olympic Committee (ROC)

Case number: CAS 2016/H/004

Outcome: Partially Upheld

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

Issues in play: an eligibility dispute

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