CAS 2018/A/5722 Weightlifting Federation of the Republic of Kazakhstan (WFRK), Karina Goricheva, Nadezhda Nogay, Rustem Sybay v. International Weightlifting Federation (IWF)
Court of Arbitration for Sport · Sports (CAS) · International (Switzerland) · 25/03/2019
Why it matters
Weightlifting Federation of the Republic of Kazakhstan (WFRK), Karina Goricheva, Nadezhda Nogay, Rustem Sybay v. International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), an eligibility dispute in weightlifting decided by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, the final tribunal of world sport. For a student, it shows how CAS balances a federation's rules on who may compete against the athlete's rights.
Summary
Weightlifting Federation of the Republic of Kazakhstan (WFRK), Karina Goricheva, Nadezhda Nogay, Rustem Sybay v. International Weightlifting Federation (IWF): an eligibility dispute in weightlifting before the Court of Arbitration for Sport, decided 25/03/2019. The full award is available from CAS.
The detail
Parties: Weightlifting Federation of the Republic of Kazakhstan (WFRK), Karina Goricheva, Nadezhda Nogay, Rustem Sybay v. International Weightlifting Federation (IWF)
Case number: CAS 2018/A/5722
Outcome: See the award.
Applicable law: The relevant federation regulations; Swiss law; the CAS Code.
Issues in play: an eligibility dispute
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