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CAS 2016/H/015 Tjipekapora Herunga v. Namibian National Olympic Committee (NNOC)

Court of Arbitration for Sport · Sports (CAS) · International (Switzerland) · 05/08/2016

Why it matters

Tjipekapora Herunga v. Namibian National Olympic Committee (NNOC), an eligibility dispute 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 held inadmissible. For a student, it shows how CAS balances a federation's rules on who may compete against the athlete's rights.

Summary

Tjipekapora Herunga v. Namibian National Olympic Committee (NNOC): an eligibility dispute in athletics before the Court of Arbitration for Sport, decided 05/08/2016. The Court held that the appeal was held inadmissible. The full award is available from CAS.

The detail

Parties: Tjipekapora Herunga v. Namibian National Olympic Committee (NNOC)

Case number: CAS 2016/H/015

Outcome: Inadmissible

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

Issues in play: an eligibility dispute

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