Lausanne, 6 February 2018 – The Ad hoc Division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has
opened an arbitration procedure following an urgent application filed by 32 Russian athletes (the
Applicants) against the International Olympic Committee (IOC) (the Respondent). The Applicants
challenge the IOC decision refusing to invite them to participate in the 2018 Olympic Winter Games.
They request that CAS overturn the IOC decision and allow them to participate in these Games as
Olympic Athletes from Russia.
The applicants are Victor Ahn, Vladimir Grigorev, Anton Shipulin, Evgeniy Garanichev, Ruslan
Murashov, Ekaterina Shikhova, Sergei Ustyugov, Ksenia Stolbova, Ekaterina Urlova-Percht, Maksim
Tcvetkov, Irina Uslugina, Yulia Shokshueva, Daria Virolainen, Dmitri Popov, Roman Koshelev,
Mikhail Naumenkov, Alexei Bereglasov, Valeri Nichushkin, Anton Belov, Sergei Plotnikov, Evgeniya
Zakharova, Ruslan Zakharov, Anna Iurakova, Alexey Esin, Yulia Skokova, Elizaveta Kazelina, Sergey
Gryaztsov, Ivan Bukin, Denis Arapetyan, Artem Kozlov, Gleb Retivikh, Alexey Volkov.
A Panel of arbitrators has been constituted:
Ms Carol Roberts (Canada), President
Mr Bernhard Welten (Switzerland), arbitrator
Ms Zali Steggall (Australia) arbitrator
The parties are exchanging written submissions and a hearing is likely to be held on 7 February 2018.
The Panel’s decision will be communicated as soon as possible thereafter.
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.
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
From 30 January 2018 until 25 February 2018 : CAS Ad hoc Division and CAS Anti-Doping Divisions offices : Tower Condominium, Yongpyong, 715 Olympic-ro, Daegwalnyeong-myeon, Pyeongchang-gun, Gangwon-do, Korea
Email : media@tas-cas.org
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