CAS 2022/A/8915 & 8918-8920 Russian Weightlifting Federation (RWF), Maxim Agapitov, Dmitry Chernogorov, Aleksandr Kishkin v. International Weightlifting Federation (IWF)
Court of Arbitration for Sport · Sports (CAS) · International (Switzerland) · 23/06/2022
Why it matters
Russian Weightlifting Federation (RWF), Maxim Agapitov, Dmitry Chernogorov, Aleksandr Kishkin v. International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), a governance dispute in weightlifting 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 resolves disputes over the governance of sport, the rules, elections and powers of federations.
Summary
Russian Weightlifting Federation (RWF), Maxim Agapitov, Dmitry Chernogorov, Aleksandr Kishkin v. International Weightlifting Federation (IWF): a governance dispute in weightlifting before the Court of Arbitration for Sport, decided 23/06/2022. The Court held that the appeal was upheld. The full award is available from CAS.
The detail
Parties: Russian Weightlifting Federation (RWF), Maxim Agapitov, Dmitry Chernogorov, Aleksandr Kishkin v. International Weightlifting Federation (IWF)
Case number: CAS 2022/A/8915 & 8918-8920
Outcome: Upheld
Applicable law: The relevant federation regulations; Swiss law; the CAS Code.
Issues in play: a governance dispute
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