Tribunal Arbitral du Sport
Court of Arbitration for Sport
MEDIA RELEASE ANTI-DOPING – SOCHI 2014 22 RUSSIAN ATHLETES FILE APPEALS AT THE COURT OF ARBITRATION FOR SPORT (CAS) Lausanne, 6 December 2017 – The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has registered 22 appeals filed by Russian athletes against decisions taken by the Disciplinary Commission of the International Olympic Committee (IOC DC). The IOC DC found the athletes to have committed anti-doping rule violations during the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games, disqualified them from the events in which they participated at the Games and forfeited all medals won by them. The athletes were also declared ineligible to participate in any capacity in all subsequent editions of the Olympic Games. The athletes concerned are: Aleksandr Zubkov (bobsleigh) Dmitry Trunenkov (bobsleigh) Aleksei Negodailo (bobsleigh) Alexander Kasyanov (bobsleigh) Aleksei Pushkarev (bobsleigh) Ilvir Khuzin (bobsleigh) Olga Stulneva (bobsleigh) Aleksander Tretiakov (skeleton) Sergei Chudinov (skeleton) Elena Nikitina (skeleton) Olga Potylitsyna (skeleton)
Maria Orlova (skeleton) Olga Vilukhina (biathlon) Yana Romanova (biathlon) Alexander Legkov (cross-country skiing) Evgeniy Belov (cross-country skiing) Maxim Vylegzhanin (cross-country skiing) Alexey Petukhov (cross-country skiing) Julia Ivanova (cross-country skiing) Evgenia Shapovalova (cross-country skiing) Olga Fatkulina (speed skating) Alexander Rumyantsev (speed skating)
A CAS arbitration procedure has been opened for each athlete. Directions with respect to the next steps in these matters will be issued to the parties in a few days. The athletes have requested that the CAS issue its final awards before the beginning of the Olympic Winter Games 2018.
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. Château de Béthusy, Avenue de Beaumont 2, 1012 Lausanne, Switzerland.
[email protected]; Tel: (41 21) 613 50 00; fax: (41 21) 613 50 01, or consult the CAS website: www.tas-cas.org
