Sport's highest court has been asked to provide a definitive ruling on the International Olympic Committee's eligibility regulation for doping offenders, the IOC and U.S. Olympic committees said on Wednesday.The Court of Arbitration for Sport
(CAS) was asked to determine the validity of IOC Rule 45, which bars any athlete receiving a doping sanction of greater than six months from competing at the next Olympic Games.
"In the interest of ensuring that all eligible athle
tes are able to compete in their respective Olympic qualification process, and to establish a degree of certainty as we head toward the Olympic Games in London, the USOC and the IOC have agreed to place the question of the regulation before the CAS," USOC chief executive Scott Blackmun said in a statement on Wednesday.
The IOC Director General, Christophe De Kepper, said a ruling by CAS would cerase any confusion ahead of next year's Olympics.
"This arbitration will provide certainty in the lead up to the 2012 London Olympic Games," he said.
Dozen of athletes, including U.S. Olympic 400 metres champion LaShawn Merritt, could have their eligibility for the 2012 London Olympics affected by the rule.
Merritt received a 21-month suspension after testing positive in 2009 and 2010 for a banned substance he said was found in a male enhancement product.
His ban ends in July but under the IOC rule he would be ineligible to compete in London.
(CAS) was asked to determine the validity of IOC Rule 45, which bars any athlete receiving a doping sanction of greater than six months from competing at the next Olympic Games.
"In the interest of ensuring that all eligible athle
tes are able to compete in their respective Olympic qualification process, and to establish a degree of certainty as we head toward the Olympic Games in London, the USOC and the IOC have agreed to place the question of the regulation before the CAS," USOC chief executive Scott Blackmun said in a statement on Wednesday.
The IOC Director General, Christophe De Kepper, said a ruling by CAS would cerase any confusion ahead of next year's Olympics.
"This arbitration will provide certainty in the lead up to the 2012 London Olympic Games," he said.
Dozen of athletes, including U.S. Olympic 400 metres champion LaShawn Merritt, could have their eligibility for the 2012 London Olympics affected by the rule.
Merritt received a 21-month suspension after testing positive in 2009 and 2010 for a banned substance he said was found in a male enhancement product.
His ban ends in July but under the IOC rule he would be ineligible to compete in London.
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