32 Russian Athletes File Appeals at the CAS Ad Hoc Division

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

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