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CAS 2018/A/5581 Filip Radojevic v. Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA)

Court of Arbitration for Sport · Sports (CAS) · International (Switzerland) · 10/07/2018

Why it matters

Filip Radojevic v. Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA), an anti-doping case 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 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

Filip Radojevic v. Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA): an anti-doping case in aquatics before the Court of Arbitration for Sport, decided 10/07/2018. The Court held that the appeal was dismissed. The full award is available from CAS.

The detail

Parties: Filip Radojevic v. Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA)

Case number: CAS 2018/A/5581

Outcome: Dismissed

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

Issues in play: an anti-doping case

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