WADA appeals to CAS asking a penalty more severe for Carolina Kostner

La WADA si appella al TAS chiedendo una pena più severa per Carolina Kostner
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WADA appeals to CAS asking a penalty more severe for Carolina Kostner

In the appeal procedure concerning the disqualification for eighteen months imposed in Carolina Kostner, you & egrave; added yesterday a protagonist as even the WADA (international agency that deals with the fight against doping) has decided to defend his case in front of the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne.

At the time, the instances of appeal would be three. On the one hand, that of the skater, asking for 'contest the ban, or at least a reduction in time, dall''altro, those of the Anti-doping prosecutor of CONI and WADA, who believe the penalty is not sufficiently adapted to the offenses committed. In this regard, & egrave; important to remember that the request of the Prosecutor Doping was two years and four months in detention. The stance of the WADA, however, & egrave; clearly due to the fact that the disqualification to Kostner is lower than the minimum required by codece force (two years). Obviously, among the faculty & agrave; TAS also exists the so-called "regression", then a chance & agrave; to extend the no disqualification. The three parties have reached an agreement about one of the referees who will have & agrave; take up the case. The choice & egrave; relapse sull''avvocato Anglo-Belgian Roman Subiotto, gi & agrave; known to the news in the past to have confirmed the disqualification of the Iberian cyclist Alejandro Valverde.
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