Rio 2016 Olympic Games - 21 cases registered

Tribunal Arbitral du Sport
Court of Arbitration for Sport
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CAS AD HOC DIVISION
OLYMPIC GAMES RIO 2016
21 CASES REGISTERED – STATUS AS OF 5 AUGUST 2016
Rio de Janeiro, 5 August 2016 – The ad hoc Division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) at
the Olympic Games Rio 2016 has now registered 21 procedures since its opening on 26 July 2016.
In the afternoon of 5 August 2016, the situation is the following in the arbitrations involving Russian
athletes:
1) Applications partially upheld:
- Anastasia Karabelshikova & Ivan Podshivalov v/ FISA (award published)
- Yulia Efimova v/ Russian Olympic Committee (ROC), IOC and FINA (award published)
(see CAS media releases of 4 August 2016)
2) Applications dismissed:
- Russian Weightlifting Federation (RWF) v/ International Weightlifting Federation (IWF)
(award published)
- Daniil Andrienko and 16 other rowers v/ World Rowing Federation (FISA) and IOC
(award published)
- Ivan Balandin v/ FISA (award in preparation)
- Kiriil Sveshnikov, Dmitry Sokolov & Dmitry Strakhov v/ UCI & IOC (award in
preparation)
3) Applications withdrawn:
- Vladimir Morozov and Nikita Lobintsev v/ FINA
- Andrey Kraytor v/ IOC and International Canoe Federation (ICF)
- Tima Turieva, Ruslan Albegov, Adam Maligov and Artem Okulov v/ IWF and IOC
4) Applications pending:
- Viktor Lebedev v/ ROC, IOC and United World Wrestling (UWW)
- Daria Ustinova v/ FINA, ROC and IOC
- Natalia Podolskaya & Alexander Dyachenko v/ ICF
- Pavel Sozykin & Russian Yachting Federation (RYF) v/ World Sailing (WS) and IOC
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Court of Arbitration for Sport
In the other arbitration procedures, the situation is the following:
1) Mangar Makur Chuot Chep and South Sudan Athletics Federation v/ South Sudan
National Olympic Committee: the athlete challenged his non-selection for the Olympic
Games; the application was dismissed; award in preparation.
2) Jason Morgan v/ Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association: the athlete challenged his
non-selection for the Olympic Games; the application was declared inadmissible; award in
preparation.
3) Karen Pavcic v/ International Equestrian Federation (FEI): the athlete challenged his
non-selection for the Olympic Games; the CAS ad hoc Division has no jurisdiction; reasoned
award in preparation.
4) Tjipekopora Herunga v/ Namibian National Olympic Committee (NNOC): the athlete
challenged his non-selection for the Olympic Games; the application was declared
inadmissible; award published.
5) Vanuatu Association of Sports and national Olympic Committee (VANASOC &
Vanuatu Beach Volleyball Association v/ International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) &
Rio 2016 Organizing Committee: the Applicants challenged the FIVB decision to accept the
replacement of Ms. Viktoria Orsi Toth by Ms. Laura Giombini in the Italian team following
the positive doping test of Viktoria Orsi Toth for Clostebol, requested the exclusion of the
entire Italian team from female beach volleyball competition and requested that the Vanuatu
team (Ms. Miller Patta and Ms. Linline Matautu) be entitled to compete in the Women Beach
Volleyball at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games; the application was dismissed; award published.
For further information related to the CAS activity and procedures in general, please contact either
Matthieu Reeb, CAS Secretary General, or Katy Hogg, Communications Officer, Windsor Oceanico Hotel,
Rue Martinho de Mesquita 129, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 22620-220, Brazil, [email protected]; Tel: +55 21 2118
4405, or consult the CAS website: www.tas-cas.org