The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has dismissed an urgent request for provisional measures filed by the Italian racewalker Alex Schwazer who sought an order from the CAS lifting his provisional suspension from competition.
On 8 May 2016, the athlete returned tocompetition following the expiry of a period of ineligibilityimposed upon him in relation to an anti-doping rule violation committed shortly before the London2012 Olympic Games. On 8 July 2016, the athlete was provisionally suspended by the InternationalAssociation of Athletics Federations (IAAF) while an investigation into a new alleged anti-doping ruleviolation is carried out by the Italian Athletics Federation (FIDAL).
Alex Schwazer filed a statement of appeal and request for provisional measures with the CAS on14 July 2016 challenging the IAAF’s decision to impose a provisional suspension on him and thedecision of the Tribunale Nazionale Antidoping (TNA) of 11 July 2016, denying jurisdiction to ruleon the Athlete’s request to set aside the suspension imposed by the IAAF. The IAAF, the ItalianOlympic Committee (CONI) and FIDAL filed written submissions which were considered by thePresident of the CAS Appeals Arbitration Division together with the Athlete’s submissions when sherendered her Order dismissing the athlete’s request for provisional measures.
With respect to the next steps, the CAS has suggested to the parties that, with their consent, anexpedited arbitration procedure be conducted by CAS so that a final decision on the merits can beissued as soon as possible.
For more information, please contact:
Matthieu Reeb, CAS Secretary General, or Katy Hogg, Communications Officer. Château de Béthusy, Avenue
de Beaumont 2, 1012 Lausanne, Switzerland. media@tas-cas.org; Tel: (41 21) 613 50 00; fax: (41 21) 613 50
01, or consult the CAS website: www.tas-cas.org
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