The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has rejected an appeal by the Danish Modern Pentathlon Federation (MPADK) against a decision by the International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) to change the program for the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. to place CASE.
The court upheld the decision of the UIPM arbitration of February 1, which, in turn, upheld the legality of the UIPM executive committee’s verdict of October 31. Then, the UIPM decided to submit to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) a new modern pentathlon format for the 2028 Olympics without show jumping. The UIPM Congress in November last year ratified the executive committee’s decision.
In February 2022, the MPADK filed an appeal with the CAS, stating that the UIPM Executive Committee had no jurisdiction to make this decision and that the members of the Executive Committee had violated the UIPM’s charter and code of ethics. ‘UIPM. The CAS panel of arbitrators confirmed
justification for the contested decision.
The UIPM, in a statement, welcomed the CAS verdict, noting that it enables its democratic and transparent efforts to continue to secure the future of modern pentathlon at the Olympics through the selection of a new pentathlon discipline. .
The UIPM executive board previously decided to drop show jumping from the pentathlon program amid the horse abuse scandal at the Tokyo Olympics.
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