CAS 2018/O/5754 Sergey Fedorovtsev v. Fédération Internationale des Sociétés d’Aviron (FISA), Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA), World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)
Court of Arbitration for Sport · Sports (CAS) · International (Switzerland) · 26/06/2019
Why it matters
Sergey Fedorovtsev v. Fédération Internationale des Sociétés d’Aviron (FISA), Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA), World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), an anti-doping case in rowing 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
Sergey Fedorovtsev v. Fédération Internationale des Sociétés d’Aviron (FISA), Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA), World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA): an anti-doping case in rowing before the Court of Arbitration for Sport, decided 26/06/2019. The full award is available from CAS.
The detail
Parties: Sergey Fedorovtsev v. Fédération Internationale des Sociétés d’Aviron (FISA), Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA), World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)
Case number: CAS 2018/O/5754
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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