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CAS 2007/A/1396 WADA & UCI vs Alejandro Valverde & RFEC
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CAS 2009/A/1879 Alejandro Valverde vs CONI, WADA & UCI
March 16, 2010
Swiss Federal Court 4A_386_2010 Alejandro Valverde vs WADA, UCI & RFEC
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Swiss Federal Court 4A_644_2009 Alejandro Valverde vs CONI, WADA & UCI
April 13, 2010
On 11 May 2009 Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (CONI), the Italian National Olympic Committee, decided to impose a 2 year period of ineligibility on the Athlete Alejandro Valverde for committing an anti-doping rule violation.
The Athlete appealed the CONI decision with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) and on 16 March 2010 the Panel decided in this case (CAS 2009/A/1879) to uphold the CONI decision of 11 May 2009.
On 29 October 2009 the Athlete requested the International Council of Arbitration for Sport (ICAS) to challenge the CAS arbitrator Ulrich Haas. On 23 November 2009 ICAS decided to dismiss the Athlete’s request.
Hereafter the Athlete appealed the ICAS decision of 29 October 2009 op with the Swiss Federal Court.
On 13 April 2010 the Swiss Federal Court concluded it has no jurisdiction and therefore decided to dismiss the Athlete’s appeal.
On 28 April 2010 the Athlete appealed again with the Swiss Federal Court. The Athlete requested the Court to dismiss the CAS decision of 16 March 2010 and to challenge the CAS arbitrator Ulrich Haas.
The Athlete argued that his rights for a fair trial were violated by CAS.
The Swiss Federal Court concludes on 29 October 2010 that there are no grounds to challenge the arbitrator Ulrich Haas and dismiss the Athlete’s arguments about the violation of his rights.
