CAS 2020/H/013 Krystsina Tsimanouskaya v. National Olympic Committee of Belarus
Court of Arbitration for Sport · Sports (CAS) · International (Switzerland) · 08/08/2021
Why it matters
Krystsina Tsimanouskaya v. National Olympic Committee of Belarus, an eligibility dispute in athletics 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
Krystsina Tsimanouskaya v. National Olympic Committee of Belarus: an eligibility dispute in athletics before the Court of Arbitration for Sport, decided 08/08/2021. The Court held that CAS found it had no jurisdiction. The full award is available from CAS.
The detail
Parties: Krystsina Tsimanouskaya v. National Olympic Committee of Belarus
Case number: CAS 2020/H/013
Outcome: Jurisdiction denied
Applicable law: The relevant federation regulations; Swiss law; the CAS Code.
Issues in play: an eligibility dispute
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