The Court of Arbitration for Sport allowed representatives of the aggressor country to hold positions in the international federation of this sport.
The bad news came from the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Themis decided to satisfy the Russian weightlifting federation and allowed representatives of the aggressor country to hold leadership positions in the International Weightlifting Federation.
This was reported by the press service of the CAS. For some reason, the court ruled that there were no grounds for the removal of Russian candidates in the election.
It will be recalled that earlier the IWF suspended candidates from Russia from participating in the presidential election of the International Weightlifting Federation, to be held in June. Maxim Agapitov, the president of the FTA, applied for this position.
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Source: korrespondent
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