Overview
- Russian Athletics lodged a fresh appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Monday challenging World Athletics' sanctions that have excluded Russian and Belarusian competitors from international events.
- The federation says the measures unlawfully strip its organisational rights by blocking council votes and preventing officials from attending coaching conferences, seminars and professional development programmes.
- Russian Athletics has retained international sports lawyers with CAS experience and says it is preparing further legal steps to try to overturn the restrictions.
- The new filing follows a separate appeal filed on July 9 after the World Athletics Council on July 3 reaffirmed the exclusion that was first imposed after Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
- A CAS ruling could take months and would affect athletes' access to competition and training support while setting a wider precedent on how sports bodies balance geopolitical sanctions and governance rights.