CAS 2022/H/008 & 009 & 010 International Olympic Committee (IOC), World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), International Skating Union (ISU) v. Kamila Valieva, Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA), Russian Olympic Committee (ROC)
Court of Arbitration for Sport · Sports (CAS) · International (Switzerland) · 14/02/2022
Why it matters
International Olympic Committee (IOC), World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), International Skating Union (ISU) v. Kamila Valieva, Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA), Russian Olympic Committee (ROC), an anti-doping case in other decided by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, the final tribunal of world sport. The Court held that the appeal was dismissed. 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), World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), International Skating Union (ISU) v. Kamila Valieva, Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA), Russian Olympic Committee (ROC): an anti-doping case in other before the Court of Arbitration for Sport, decided 14/02/2022. The Court held that the appeal was dismissed. The full award is available from CAS.
The detail
Parties: International Olympic Committee (IOC), World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), International Skating Union (ISU) v. Kamila Valieva, Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA), Russian Olympic Committee (ROC)
Case number: CAS 2022/H/008 & 009 & 010
Outcome: Dismissed
Applicable law: The relevant federation regulations; Swiss law; the CAS Code.
Issues in play: an anti-doping case
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