CAS 2013/A/3418 LRBA vs IAAF
CAS 2013/A/3418 Ligue royale belge d'athlétisme c. l'Association Internationale des Fédérations d' Athlétisme
TAS 2013/A/3418 Ligue royale belge d'athlétisme c. l'Association Internationale des Fédérations d' Athlétisme
In March 2013 the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) informed the Royal Belgian Athletics League (LRBA) that the world record of the minor Athlete Nafissatou Thiam could not be validated due to the Athlete’s doping test was not according to the Rule 260.6 of the IAAF Anti-Doping Rules. On 14 November 2013 the IAAF Council decided to uphold the previous IAAF decision of 2 March 2013
Hereafter in December 2013 the LRBA appealed the IAAF decision with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
The LRBA argued that under the IAAF Rules CAS has jurisdiction in this case and requested that the world record is recognized by the IAAF Council.
The IAAF contended that under the IAAF Rules there are no provisions for LRBA to appeal with CAS.
In this case the Panel establishes that the Athlete is not an international level athlete and there is no indication that the Athlete is part of the group subject to out-of-competition testing by the IAAF under the IAAF Rules. Also the IAAF decision is not a sanction imposed after a violation of the anti-doping rules but an non-homologation of a world record by the IAAF Council.
Therefore the Court of Arbitration for Sport decides on 24 May 2014 that it has no jurisdiction for the LRBA appeal against the decision of the IAAF Council of 14 November 2013.
