The first cases handled by the IOC Disciplinary Commission from the 2014 Olympics in Sochi are expected to be brought this month. Depending on when this month, Alexander Legkov may be free to compete internationally again.
The first cases handled by the IOC Disciplinary Commission from the 2014 Olympics in Sochi are expected to be brought this month. Depending on when this month, Alexander Legkov may be free to compete internationally again.
On Monday, Russian cross-country skiers appeared before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to protest their provisional suspension by the International Ski Federation (FIS). “The hearings were held for five hours, during which we actively discussed all the legal and factual subtleties,” Christoph Wieschemann – the lawyer for Alexander Legkov and Evgeny Belov – In late December, 2016, FIS suspended Legkov, Belov, Maxim Vylegzhanin, Alexei Petukhov, Julia Ivanova, and Evgenia Shapovalova. The suspensions were...