CAS 2018/H/005-PA International Olympic Committee (IOC), Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing (FIBT) v. Nadezhda Sergeeva
Court of Arbitration for Sport · Sports (CAS) · International (Switzerland) · 24/02/2018
Why it matters
International Olympic Committee (IOC), Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing (FIBT) v. Nadezhda Sergeeva, an anti-doping case in bobsleigh decided by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, the final tribunal of world sport. The Court held that the appeal was upheld. 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
International Olympic Committee (IOC), Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing (FIBT) v. Nadezhda Sergeeva: an anti-doping case in bobsleigh before the Court of Arbitration for Sport, decided 24/02/2018. The Court held that the appeal was upheld. The full award is available from CAS.
The detail
Parties: International Olympic Committee (IOC), Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing (FIBT) v. Nadezhda Sergeeva
Case number: CAS 2018/H/005-PA
Outcome: Upheld
Applicable law: The relevant federation regulations; Swiss law; the CAS Code.
Issues in play: an anti-doping case
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