Classification rules are legally abusive in an essential point. The International Olympic Committee has lost the lawsuit LG Cologne 33 O 187/23, judgment of 12 September 2024, against the US American David Berling, represented by WIESCHEMANN Rechtsanwälte. The ruling had been announced at the oral hearing on 4 July 2024. The IPC was concerned that...Read More

As a result of various requests regarding the proceedings before the Cologne Regional Court in case of David Berling vs. International Paralympic Committee, we have compiled the following information about the procedure and classification in paralympic sport. Who are the parties The plaintiff is a US citizen who originally studied finance and economics and holds a...Read More

Brenna Huckaby and Cecile Hernandez retain their medals won at the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Games. Brenna Huckaby (USA) and Cecile Hernandez (FRA) won their participation in the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games in court through injunctions and each won gold medals. If the International Paralympic Committee IPC had had its way, they would not have...Read More

After the conviction of Alberto Salazar, the head of the Nike Oregon Project, there is hardly a report in media that doesn’t explicitly make a connection to famous athletes of a country. In Germany Konstanze Klosterhalfen, who has only been training in Oregon since the beginning of this year, is said to be “in the...Read More

The winner of the gold medal in 50 km cross-country skiing at the Olympic Games in Sochi 2014, Alexander Legkov, is finally cleared of the accusation of doping in Sochi 2014. The Swiss Federal Supreme Court rejects the appeal of the International Olympic Committee against the decision of the International Court of Sport CAS of...Read More

Cristina Iovu , multiple EM gold medal winner 2012 and bronze medal winner in Olympic Games London 2012 in weightlifting in class up to 53 kg will be entitled to start again in five days.She was deprived of her IOC bronze medal in 2016 after a positive re-test of her doping test. Since then she has...Read More

IOC Executive Committee apparently intends to appeal the award of the CAS by which 28 Russian athletes were acquitted to the Swiss Federal Supreme Court. It would be a good opportunity to explain how and why Prof. McLaren, WADA and IOC concealed exculpatory evidence so far. If Prof. McLaren, WADA and IOC would have disclosed...Read More

Court of Arbitration for Sport issued today as first of the Sochi 2014 cases the reasoned award in case Alexander Legkov v. International Olympic Committee (IOC) CAS 2017/A/5379 http://www.tas-cas.org/fileadmin/user_upload/Award__5379__internet.pdf It is a clear defeat for IOC as well as Prof. McLaren and Wada. Prof. McLaren, WADA and IOC influenced if not even manipulated the assessment of...Read More

Download German version: Open letter to the Olympic athletes Download German version: Open letter to Olympians Please note in the Appendix an open letter to the participants of the Olympic Games 2018 in Pyeongchang, in which we describe Why the results are irregular and no one can enjoy itWhy the disciplinary procedures against Russian athletes...Read More

Alexander Legkovs medals are clean. CAS raises life-long barrier of gold medaillengewinners in 50 km of cross-country skiing from Sochi 2014. A total of 28 Russian athletes have succeeded. Alexander Legkov is one of the 39 athletes who sued the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne for the life-long ban imposed on them by...Read More