3 Feb in 9:20
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) says it has decided not to appeal the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s (CAS) ruling that halved Russia s international ban for doping offenses to the Swiss federal court.
WADA made the announcement in a statement on February 2, saying an appeal to the Swiss Federal Tribunal would be restricted to procedural matters and could not interfere with the CAS panel s assessment of the proportionality of Russia s punishment. As a result, and following unanimous advice from in-house and external legal counsels, WADA strongly believes an appeal would have served no useful purpose and decided to refrain from doing so, RFE/RL cited the global anti-doping watchdog as saying.
WADA not appeal CAS decision over Russia ban to Swiss highest court
shanghaisun.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from shanghaisun.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
WADA does not appeal CAS decision regarding RUSADA 02/03/21
Following the passing of the deadline to appeal the December 2020 decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in the case between the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA), which ruled in favor of WADA and declared RUSADA non-compliant with the World Anti-Doping Code, WADA confirms that it did not appeal the CAS decision to the Swiss Federal Tribunal.
WADA was disappointed that the CAS Panel, based on its own assessment of proportionality, decided not to impose all the consequences that WADA sought (and not for the full four-year period). However, the grounds of appeal to the Swiss Federal Tribunal are limited to procedural matters such as jurisdiction, the composition of the Panel and the right to be heard. The Swiss Federal Tribunal does not conduct a review of the merits and would therefore not interfere with the Panel s assessment of the proportionality of the consequen
WADA confirms it will not appeal CAS decision in RUSADA case Tuesday, 2 February 2021
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has confirmed it will not appeal the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) decision in its case with the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA).
WADA said although it was disappointed that the CAS Panel did not uphold the four-year ban imposed on Russia for tampering with data from the Moscow Laboratory it would not appeal the decision to halve the sanction.
WADA said it would not appeal the decision as it did not believe this would serve a useful purpose , because the Swiss Federal Tribunal was not able to consider the proportionality of the consequences and was only able to rule on procedural matters .
share
Print
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) says it has decided not to appeal the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s (CAS) ruling that halved Russia s international ban for doping offenses to the Swiss federal court.
WADA made the announcement in a statement on February 2, saying an appeal to the Swiss Federal Tribunal would be restricted to procedural matters and could not interfere with the CAS panel s assessment of the proportionality of Russia s punishment.
“As a result, and following unanimous advice from in-house and external legal counsels, WADA strongly believes an appeal would have served no useful purpose and decided to refrain from doing so,” the global anti-doping watchdog said.
vimarsana © 2020. All Rights Reserved.