Arbitral Award Court of Arbitration for Sport
CAS 2016/A/4708 Belarus Canoe Association & Belarusian Senior Men’s Canoe and Kayak team members v. International Canoe Federation (ICF) ARBITRAL AWARD delivered by the COURT OF ARBITRATION FOR SPORT sitting in the following composition: President: Prof. Dr. Michael Geistlinger, Professor in Salzburg, Austria Arbitrators: Mr. Romano F. Subiotto Q.C., attorney-at-law in Brussels, Belgium, and London, United Kingdom Prof. Dr. Martin Schimke, attorney-at-law in Düsseldorf, Germany in the arbitration between Belarus Canoe Association, Minsk, Belarus Represented by Mr, Vasili Volozhinets, Danilevich Volozhinets Law Office, Minsk, Belarus & Belarusian Senior Men’s Canoe and Kayak team members, Minsk, Belarus Represented by Mr Jean-Marc Reymond, Reymond & Associés, Lausanne, Switzerland. Appellants and International Canoe Federation (ICF), Lausanne, Switzerland Represented by Mr Jorge Ibarrola and Mr Claude Ramoni, Libra Law Ibarrola & Ramoni, Lausanne, Switzerland Respondent CAS 2016/A/4708 – Page 2 I. PARTIES 1. The Belarus Canoe Association (“BCA”) is the national governing body for the sport of Canoe and Kayak in the Republic of Belarus with its headquarters in Minsk. It is affiliated to the International Canoe Federation. The BCA includes the members of the Belarusian senior men’s kayak team (Mr. Raman Piatrushenka, Mr. Vitaliy Bialko, Mr. Aleh Yurenia, Mr. Pavel Miadzvedzeu, Mr. Vadzim Makhneu, Mr. Taras Valko, Mr. Aliaksandr Liapeshka, Mr. Andrei Tsarykovich, Mr. Ihar Baicheuski, Mr. Ivan Tsuranau, Mr. Dzmitry Khilchanka, Mr. Spartak Bazhkou, Mr. Mikita Borykau, Mr. Stanislau Daineka, Mr. Dzimtry Tratsiakou), the Belarusian senior men’s canoe team (Mr. Aliaksandr Bahdanovich, Mr. Andrei Bahdanovich, Mr. Dzianis Harazha, Mr. Dzmitry Rabchanka, Mr. Dzmitry Vaitsishkin, Mr.
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