Olympia 2018: CAS judgement: IOC examines Gang before the Swiss Federal Supreme Court

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) intends to challenge the ruling of the International Sports Court CAS in the Russian cases and examines the proceedings before the Swiss Federal Supreme Court. At the same time, the IOC made it clear once again that the 28 Russian athletes, who were relieved from CAS, will not automatically participate in the Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang (9. till 25. February) may participate.

“The outcome of the CAS decision does not mean that the group of 28 athletes will now be invited to the games,”the IOC said. The decision of the IOC from 5. He said, however, that the IOC’s decision to suspend the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) on 12 December made it clear that “since the suspension of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC), its athletes in Pyeongchang can only start with an invitation from the IOC”.

If the IOC remains consistent, it will not send these invitations to the Russian athletes. The athletes could then take legal action against it.

The IOC welcomed the fact that CAS had only partially confirmed the objections in eleven cases, thus confirming systematic doping in Russia. In the cases of the 28 acquitted athletes, CAS unfortunately did not take into account the indications of systematic manipulation.

The IOC placed particular emphasis on the fact that the CAS decision does not mean “that these 28 athletes have been declared innocent”.

The IOC had 43 Russian athletes because of the violation of anti-doping rules at the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi in 2014 lifelong blocked by Olympia. 42 of them appealed and moved to CAS. The Court lifted the suspensions in 28 cases, and the objections of the athletes were partially confirmed in eleven other cases. Three cases are still under investigation.

The Swiss Federal Supreme Court is regarded as the last instance in sports courts and usually only intervenes in the event of administrative errors.