THE COURT OF ARBITRATION FOR SPORT (CAS) UPHOLDS SIX APPEALS FILED BY THE IAAF AGAINST RUSSIAN ATHLETES

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THE COURT OF ARBITRATION FOR SPORT (CAS) UPHOLDS SIX APPEALS

FILED BY THE IAAF AGAINST RUSSIAN ATHLETES

Lausanne, 24 March 2016 – The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has issued its decisions in the

following arbitration procedures:

 IAAF v. ARAF & Sergey Kirdyapkin & RUSADA

 IAAF v. ARAF & Sergey Bakulin & RUSADA

 IAAF v. ARAF & Olga Kaniskina & RUSADA

 IAAF v. ARAF & Valeriy Borchin & RUSADA

 IAAF v. ARAF & Vladimir Kanaikin & RUSADA

 IAAF v. ARAF & Yuliya Zaripova & RUSADA

The appeals concern one element of decisions issued by the disciplinary committee of the Russian

Anti-doping Agency (“RUSADA”) in anti-doping cases brought against the athletes, based on

irregularities observed in the athletes’ biological passports. The International Association of Athletics

Federations (IAAF) claimed that RUSADA had incorrectly applied the applicable anti-doping rules

adopted by IAAF (the “IAAF ADR”) to implement the provisions of the World Anti-Doping Code

with respect to the disqualification of competitive results (disqualification of results split in different

periods). The IAAF challenged what it felt was a “selective” disqualification of results, submitting that

all results achieved by the athletes from the date of their first abnormal sample to the date they accepted

a provisional suspension should be disqualified.

In each case, the appeal filed by the IAAF has been upheld and the decision issued by the Disciplinary

Anti-Doping Committee of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency for each athlete has been modified, as

follows:

Sergey Kirdyapkin

All competitive results obtained by Mr Sergey Kirdyapkin from 20 August 2009 to 15 October 2012

are disqualified.

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For further information related to the CAS activity and procedures in general, please contact either Mr Matthieu

Reeb, CAS Secretary General, or Ms 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