CAS 2016/A/4745: Russian Paralympic Committee v. International Paralympic Committee

By Joanna Wall Tweedie   No Russian athletes have competed at this year’s Paralympic Games held in Rio de Janeiro on 7-18th September, following a Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) decision to uphold the International Paralympic Committee’s (IPC) blanket ban in response to revelations relating to systematic doping in Russia. The CAS decision is the latest blow for Russian sport and followed the release of a report commissioned by WADA on 18 July that detailed sophisticated state-spon