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The Probative Value of the Mclaren Report Confirmed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) by Robert Neron, SDRCC Arbitrator
The Probative Value of the McLaren Report Confirmed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) by Robert Neron, SDRCC Arbitrator February 2018 The decisions rendered by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne over the past 18 months were largely influenced by revelations of Russia's state-run doping scheme and suspension of Russian athletes. An in-depth investigation into the involvement of Russian athletes in doping activities was launched in December 2014 after German radio-television broadcaster ARD revealed a government-sponsored doping program in Russia reminiscent of former practices in the Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc during the Cold War. Following ARD’s broadcast and witness testimony from a former director of the Russian laboratory regarding systematic doping and cover-up attempts involving athletes competing in the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi,1 the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) appointed Richard McLaren, Professor of Law at Western University and member of the SDRCC’s inaugural roster, to chair an independent commission. The first part of McLaren’s findings, submitted in July 2016, provided substantive evidence of the systematic, state-sponsored manipulation of the doping control process2 that occurred before the 2014 Olympic Winter Games and continuing afterward in the run-up to the 2016 Olympic Summer Games in Rio. These findings prompted the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) to indefinitely suspend Russia from world athletics events. In addition, WADA announced that the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) should be considered in violation of WADA rules. WADA further recommended banning Russia entirely from the 2016 Olympic Games. -
The Negative Implications of Russia's Doping Scandal on The
http://dx.doi.org/10.18778/1427-9657.08.07 EASTERN REVIEW 2019, T. 8 Anna Kobierecka https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2492-6452 University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland Faculty of International Relations and Political Science e-mail: [email protected] Michał Marcin Kobierecki https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8180-5710 University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland Faculty of International Relations and Political Science e-mail: [email protected] The negative implications of Russia’s doping scandal on the country’s international image* Abstract. In December 2014, Russia was accused of developing a state-organized doping system in the second decade of the twenty-first century. The scandal resulted in many Russian athletes being banned from competing in the Olympics in Rio in 2016 and the IOC’s suspension of the Russian National Olympic Committee prior to the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang. The research presented in this article aims to answer the research question of whether the doping scandal actually affected the international image of Russia. The research was conducted with the use of frame analysis of public discourse. The hypothesis to be tested states that the Russian doping scandal contributed to the intensification of a negative external image of this state. Keywords: Russia, doping, sports diplomacy, nation branding, image of a country. * This work was supported by National Science Centre, Poland grant number 2015/19/D/ HS5/00513, grant holder: Michał Marcin Kobierecki). © by the author, licensee Łódź University – Łódź University Press, Łódź, Poland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 162 Anna Kobierecka, Michał Marcin Kobierecki Introduction Sports are believed to play various political roles, both in states’ internal policies and in international relations. -
El Anteproyecto De Ley, Pendiente Del Congreso. MARCA Iannone Vuelve a Subirse a Una Moto. SPORT
El dopaje, a contrarreloj: el anteproyecto de Ley, pendiente del Congreso. MARCA Iannone vuelve a subirse a una moto. SPORT IBU ready to draw line under murky past as review reveals sordid conduct of former leadership. INSIDE THE GAMES MARCA 30/01/2021 El dopaje, a contrarreloj: el anteproyecto de Ley, pendiente del Congreso Polideportivo El anteproyecto refleja el cambio del TAD por un comité sancionador de expertos o Gerardo Riquelme Jose Luis Terreros, director de la Agencia Española de Protección de la Salud del Deporte. Con cierta urgencia porque ya acumula un mes de retraso, las Cortes tendrán que tramitar a lo largo de febrero el anteproyecto de Ley Orgánica en la lucha contra el dopaje, que moderniza el marco normativo existente. Además de sintonizar con el nuevo Código Mundial Antidopaje que entró en vigor el 1 de enero, España introducirá una serie de cambios, trasladando la materia de deporte-salud de nuevo al CSD, lo que provocará un cambio en la nomenclatura de la Agencia que pasa a denominarse Agencia Estatal y Comisión Española para la Lucha Antidopaje en el Deporte. Se crea dentro de ella, como novedad, un comité sancionador, independiente y de expertos, que ejercerá la función sancionadora -y de recursos- y que suplirá la función que cumplía el TAD. Será la última instancia nacional en vía administrativa. UNA DISTINCIÓN Con el objetivo de la proporcionalidad a la hora de sancionar, se reformulará la categorización de los deportistas federados que adaptará las sanciones a la realidad. Se distinguirán 3 niveles de deportistas: internacional, nacional y aficionado, que tendrán un castigo inferior al del deporte profesional. -
Doping in Olympic Sports and Rio 2016 Games
Proceeding Supplementary Issue: Rio 2016 Olympic Games First Anniversary Special Edition. Olympic Studies Forum, 4-5 August 2017. Santa Úrsula University. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Laboratory performance: Doping in Olympic sports and Rio 2016 Games RANDEANTONY C. NASCIMENTO1,2,3,4 , AILTON FERNANDO S. DE OLIVEIRA1,2,3, JUAN JOSÉ FERNÁNDEZ ROMERO4,5, SARAH CRISTINA MONTES CANUTO1,2,3 1SCENARIOS / UFS Group, Brazil 2Research Center for Sports and Leisure Policies of Sergipe – CDPPEL, Brazil 3Federal University of Sergipe, Brazil 4University of La Coruña, Spain 5National Institute of Physical Education - INEF GALÍCIA, Spain ABSTRACT Doping is defined by the World Anti-Doping Agency Code as the use of substances or methods capable of artificially increasing sports performance, whether they are potentially harmful to athletes health or to his opponents, or to the game spirit. The Olympic Sport deals daily with this competitor “off the beaten track” of the highest competence. This article was based on the reports on the anti-doping control situation in the Olympic Games in Brazil issued by the specialist of the US Congressional Research Service, the IAAF sanctioned positive athletics report, of the International Olympic Committee that dealt with the fight against doping and health promotion of athletes, the Independent Observer Reports of the World Anti-Doping Agency and the Anti-Doping Division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport. A special highlight was the doping cases orchestrated by the Russia Athletic Federation, as well as the efforts of institutions responsible for the fight against doping in the protection of clean athletes. The fight against doping in the Olympic Games in Brazil was classified as the worst anti-doping in the history of games, based on the volunteers organization and the effectiveness of the tests performed. -
Final Report of the Ibu External Review Commission
IBU External Review Commission Final Report Redacted version FINAL REPORT OF THE IBU EXTERNAL REVIEW COMMISSION REDACTED VERSION 28 January 2021 IBU External Review Commission Final Report Redacted version Table of Contents 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................................ 1 1A. Introduction ............................................................................................................. 1 1B. Cases to answer for breach of the IBU's rules .............................................. 2 1C. Recommendations for action going forward ............................................... 9 1D. Conclusion.............................................................................................................. 11 2. GLOSSARY AND DRAMATIS PERSONAE ....................................................................... 12 2A. Glossary of acronyms ......................................................................................... 12 2B. Key dramatis personae ...................................................................................... 13 3. THE COMMISSION'S FIRST MANDATE: ASSISTING WADA AND THE CRIMINAL AUTHORITIES IN THEIR RESPECTIVE INVESTIGATIONS ..................................... 15 3A. Cooperation with WADA ................................................................................... 15 3B. Cooperation with the criminal authorities ................................................ 15 4. THE COMMISSION'S SECOND MANDATE: UPDATING AND -
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. -
Annotated Version of the ONDCP Report
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT WITOLD BANKA 26 June 2020 The Honorable James W. Carroll Director Office of National Drug Control Policy Washington, D.C. Re.: ONDCP Report to the United States Congress Dear Mr. Carroll, Dear James, The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has long valued the U.S. as an important stakeholder that contributes significantly to WADA, to the fight against doping in sport in general and to the protection of American athletes. It is therefore with great disappointment that I read the ONDCP Report of 17 June to the U.S. Congress, regarding WADA Reform Efforts. Given that, during our 12 June telephone meeting, we discussed a renewed spirit of cooperation, I would have expected your office to have consulted us on the Report; or, at the very least, to have verified the factual veracity of the allegations being made against WADA. Instead, in the days before publication, you informed us of the impending Report and asked us to verify three paragraphs by a certain deadline; and, when we did so in good faith, you chose not to incorporate our clarifications. As the saying goes, ‘why let the truth get in the way of a good story’? Attached you will find an Executive Summary summarizing WADA’s views on the ONDCP Report; and, the Report itself with our annotations in red, which outline the misleading information and inaccuracies that the Report contains; and, what the Report omits in terms of factual information. I would kindly ask that you transmit this version to Congress without delay and that you let me know when this has been done. -
Russian Cyber Operations on Steroids
August 19, 2016 Russian Cyber Operations on Steroids In Blog, Featured Article, Threat Research Russian Cyber Operations On Steroids ThreatConnect Identies FANCY BEAR Ties to World Anti-Doping Agency Phishing Read the full series of ThreatConnect posts following the DNC Breach: “Rebooting Watergate: Tapping into the Democratic National Committee [https://www.threatconnect.com/tapping-into- democratic-national-committee/] ”, “Shiny Object? Guccifer 2.0 and the DNC Breach [https://www.threatconnect.com/guccifer-2-0-dnc- breach/] “, “What’s in a Name Server? [https://www.threatconnect.com/whats-in-a-name-server/] “, “Guccifer 2.0: the Man, the Myth, the Legend? [https://www.threatconnect.com/reassesing-guccifer-2-0-recent- claims/] “, “Guccifer 2.0: All Roads Lead to Russia [https://www.threatconnect.com/guccifer-2-all-roads-lead-russia/] “, “FANCY BEAR Has an (IT) Itch that They Can’t Scratch [https://www.threatconnect.com/fancy-bear-it-itch-they-cant- scratch/] “, "Does a BEAR Leak in the Woods? [https://www.threatconnect.com/blog/does-a-bear-leak-in-the- woods/] ", "Russian Cyber Operations on Steroids [https://www.threatconnect.com/blog/fancy-bear-anti-doping- agency-phishing/] ", and "Can a BEAR Fit Down a Rabbit Hole? [https://www.threatconnect.com/blog/state-board-election-rabbit- hole/] ". On August 15, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) alerted stakeholders [https://m.paralympic.org/news/wada-warns-stakeholders- phishing-scams] to phishing emails that used domains spoong the WADA’s legitimate domain, wada-ama.org. WADA conrmed [https://www.wada-ama.org/en/media/news/2016-08/wada-conrms- illegal-activity-on-yuliya-stepanovas-adams-account] that some users had received illegitimate credential harvesting e-mails that look as though they came from the WADA. -
November 2018 IPC Taskforce Progress Report
IPC Taskforce: Progress Report, November 2018 This report is provided on behalf of the IPC Taskforce and summarises our assessment of the progress that the Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) has made to date in meeting the conditions for reinstatement established by the IPC. Specific reference is made to the decision by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to reinstate RUSADA (the Russian Federation’s National Anti-Doping Organisation). Background and context 1. This Taskforce was established1 in late 2016 by the IPC Governing Board to assist the IPC in determining whether the reinstatement criteria and underlying verification criteria, as agreed by the Governing Board, have been met by the RPC following its suspension as a member immediately prior to the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. 2. Subsequent to the decision by the Executive Committee of WADA2 to formally reinstate RUSADA, the Taskforce has considered how WADA’s decision impacts on the reinstatement criteria agreed by the Governing Board. Outstanding requirements 3. As discussed by the Governing Board at its meeting on 11 September 2018, for the IPC reinstatement criteria to be met in full the following must be completed: (a) The full reinstatement of RUSADA by WADA3. 1 The Taskforce Terms of Reference are set out in Appendix 1 of the reinstatement criteria, available at https://www.paralympic.org/sites/default/files/document/161121134559873_2016_11_21%2BRPC%2Brein statement%2Bcriteria.pdf. 2 WADA’s decision can be found at https://www.wada-ama.org/en/media/news/2018-09/wada-executive- committee-decides-to-reinstate-rusada-subject-to-strict-conditions. 3 Reinstatement Criteria 6.2 - The RPC, IPC, International Federations that are members of the IPC, and RUSADA (once RUSADA has been declared Code-compliant again) are all able to carry out their respective anti- doping activities in Russia and in relation to Russian Para athletes and athlete support personnel effectively and without external interference (as part of this, the RPC will need to adequately address the findings of the McLaren Report). -
Russia's Mutko 'Barred from FIFA Post'
Mourinho eyes progress despite Chelsea date SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 2017 MARCH 11, SATURDAY, SportsSports 47 KAZAN: In this Nov. 26, 2016 file photo FIFA President Gianni Infantino, right, and Vitaly Mutko, Russia’s deputy prime minister in charge of sport, tourism and youth policies, arrive for a news briefing ahead of the draw for the soccer Confederations Cup 2017, in Kazan, Russia. Russia World Cup head Mutko has been barred from seeking re-election to FIFA’s top decision- making body after failing an eligibility check because of his role as a deputy prime minister of Russia.— AP Russia’s Mutko ‘barred from FIFA post’ ZURICH: FIFA has barred Russian deputy prime minister Vitaly occupies and so the possible interference and conflicts of inter- as head of Russia’s 2018 World Cup organising committee. He is Mutko, chief organiser of the World Cup to be held in his coun- est,” the source told AFP. FIFA’s ethics code prohibits political also head of the Russian federation. “That is not part of FIFA’s try next year, from sitting on the world body’s ruling council, a interference in football affairs and the world body has in the jurisdiction,” the source said. source close to FIFA told AFP yesterday. past suspended national federations where governments have Mutko, who has also been accused of involvement in Russia’s been judged to have taken control. NEW UEFA RACE sports doping scandal, is one of five European candidates for The 55-member UEFA will choose its FIFA representatives at seats on the FIFA Council to be decided in April. -
The International Olympic Committee Study Guide
THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE STUDY GUIDE THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is a not-for-profit independent international organisation that is committed to building a better world through sport. Created on 23 June 1894, just under two years before the first Olympic Games of the modern era in April 1896, the IOC is the supreme authority of the Olympic Movement. As the leader of the Olympic Movement, the IOC acts as a catalyst for collaboration between all parties of the Olympic family, from the NOCs, the IFs, the athletes and the OCOGs to the Worldwide Olympic Partners, broadcast partners and United Nations (UN) agencies, and shepherds success through a wide range of programmes and projects. On this basis, it ensures the regular celebration of the Olympic Games, supports all affiliated member organisations of the Olympic Movement and strongly encourages, by appropriate means, the promotion of the Olympic values. VISION AND MISSIONS OF THE OLYMPIC MOVEMENT The President represents the IOC and presides over all its activities. He is elected by the Session. The members vote in a secret ballot. In the past unlimited, the length of the President’s term of office is now fixed at eight years (entered into force 12 December 1999), renewable once for four years. Rule 20 of the Olympic Charter defines the role of the President, particularly his or her representation function. THOMAS BACH, PRESIDENT OF THE IOC SINCE 10 SEPTEMBER 2013 Thomas Bach was born on 29 December 1953 in Würzburg, Germany. Married and a lawyer by profession, he has had a successful career in sports both on and off the field of play. -
CAS 2017/A/5444 Olga Zaytseva V. International Olympic Committee (IOC)
CAS 2017/A/5444 Olga Zaytseva v. International Olympic Committee (IOC) ARBITRAL AWARD delivered by the COURT OF ARBITRATION FOR SPORT sitting in the following composition: President: Mr. Jacques Radoux, Legal Secretary at the European Court of Justice, Luxembourg Arbitrators: Prof. Philippe Sands Q.C., Barrister and Professor of Law, London, United Kingdom Prof. Petros C. Mavroidis, Professor of Law, Commugny, Switzerland in the arbitration between Ms. Olga Zaytseva, Russia Represented by Mr. Yvan Henzer, Attorney-at-Law with Libra Law, Lausanne Switzerland, as well as by Mr. Alexei Panich and Ms. Polina Pdoplelova, Attorneys-at-Law with Herbert Smith Freehills CIS LLP, Moscow, Russia Appellant and International Olympic Committee (IOC), Switzerland, Represented by Mr. Jean-Pierre Morand and Mr. Nicolas Français, Attorneys-at-Law with Kellerhals Carrard, Lausanne, Switzerland, and Ms. Tamara Soupiron, Legal Counsel, International Olympic Committee Respondent CAS 2017/A/5444 – Page 2 Table of Contents I. PARTIES ...................................................................................................................................................... 3 II. FACTUAL BACKGROUND AND PREVIOUS PROCEEDINGS ........................................................ 3 A. BACKGROUND FACTS ................................................................................................................................ 3 a. General facts .......................................................................................................................................