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CAS 2017/A/5016 & 5036 Ihab Abdelrahman, World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) v. Egyptian Anti-Doping Organization, Ihab Abdelrahman

Court of Arbitration for Sport · Sports (CAS) · International (Switzerland) · 18/12/2017

Why it matters

Ihab Abdelrahman, World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) v. Egyptian Anti-Doping Organization, Ihab Abdelrahman, an anti-doping case in athletics decided by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, the final tribunal of world sport. 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

Ihab Abdelrahman, World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) v. Egyptian Anti-Doping Organization, Ihab Abdelrahman: an anti-doping case in athletics before the Court of Arbitration for Sport, decided 18/12/2017. The full award is available from CAS.

The detail

Parties: Ihab Abdelrahman, World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) v. Egyptian Anti-Doping Organization, Ihab Abdelrahman

Case number: CAS 2017/A/5016 & 5036

Outcome: See the award.

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

Issues in play: an anti-doping case

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