CAS 2017/A/5015, International Ski Federation (FIS) v. Therese Johaug and The Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee
This case commentary examines the CAS Award in FIS v. Johaug, with particular focus on the Panel’s reasoning in relation to the notions of “No Fault or Negligence” under Article 10.4 of the WADA Code, “degree of fault” for the purposes of Article 10.5.2 o
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CAS 2017/A/5015, International Ski Federation (FIS) v. Therese Johaug and The Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports (NIF), and CAS 2017/A/5110, Therese Johaug v. The Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports (NIF), Award of 21 August 2017
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Trond Solvang and Nina Lauber-Thommesen
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Introduction.......................................................................................................................... Background.......................................................................................................................... 2.1 Facts and Procedure ................................................................................................... 2.2 The Parties’ Submissions Before the CAS ................................................................ Commentary......................................................................................................................... 3.1 “No Fault or Negligence” .......................................................................................... 3.2 “No Significant Fault or Negligence” ........................................................................ 3.3 Principle of Proportionality ........................................................................................ 3.4 ‘Hidden’ Dissent......................................................................................................... Concluding Remarks ...........................................................................................................
T. Solvang (&) Faculty of Law, Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway e-mail: [email protected] N. Lauber-Thommesen LL.M, Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler, Geneva, Switzerland e-mail: [email protected] Yearbook of International Sports Arbitration https://doi.org/10.1007/15757_2019_23 © T.M.C. ASSER PRESS and the authors
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T. Solvang and N. Lauber-Thommesen
Abstract This case commentary examines the CAS Award in FIS v. Johaug, with particular focus on the Panel’s reasoning in relation to the notions of “No Fault or Negligence” under Article 10.4 of the WADA Code, “degree of fault” for the purposes of Article 10.5.2 of the WADA Code (“No Significant Fault or Negligence”), reliance on medical advice and the concept of delegation of anti-doping responsibility.
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Keywords Johaug Doping No fault or negligence No significant fault or negligence Degree of fault (“level of fault”) Cilic test Medical advice Delegation of anti-doping responsibility
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1 Introduction
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This commentary concerns the case of a very successful Norwegian cross-country skier, Ms. Therese Johaug, who, upon medical advice, used a lip cream containing a prohibited substance, which led to an anti-doping rule violation (“ADRV”).1 From the
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