CAS 2018/H/005 Pavel Abratkiewicz, Victor Sivkov, Anna Vychik, Evgeny Zykov, Anatoly Chelyshev, Danil Chaban, Konstantin Poltavets v. International Olympic Committee (IOC)
Court of Arbitration for Sport · Sports (CAS) · International (Switzerland) · 08/02/2018
Why it matters
Pavel Abratkiewicz, Victor Sivkov, Anna Vychik, Evgeny Zykov, Anatoly Chelyshev, Danil Chaban, Konstantin Poltavets v. International Olympic Committee (IOC), an eligibility dispute decided by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, the final tribunal of world sport. The Court held that CAS found it had no jurisdiction. For a student, it shows how CAS balances a federation's rules on who may compete against the athlete's rights.
Summary
Pavel Abratkiewicz, Victor Sivkov, Anna Vychik, Evgeny Zykov, Anatoly Chelyshev, Danil Chaban, Konstantin Poltavets v. International Olympic Committee (IOC): an eligibility dispute before the Court of Arbitration for Sport, decided 08/02/2018. The Court held that CAS found it had no jurisdiction. The full award is available from CAS.
The detail
Parties: Pavel Abratkiewicz, Victor Sivkov, Anna Vychik, Evgeny Zykov, Anatoly Chelyshev, Danil Chaban, Konstantin Poltavets v. International Olympic Committee (IOC)
Case number: CAS 2018/H/005
Outcome: Jurisdiction denied
Applicable law: The relevant federation regulations; Swiss law; the CAS Code.
Issues in play: an eligibility dispute
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