MOSCOW, April 8, Oleg Bogatov. International Luge Federation Court of Arbitration ( FIL), after an appeal by the Russian Luge Federation (FSSR), decided that the suspension of Russian athletes from participation in international competitions was accepted with violations of the FIL charter and granted the appeal, said FSSR President Natalia Garth. On March 2, the FIL Executive Committee decided to remove Russians from participating in international starts and ban tournaments under the auspices of the FIL in Russia. By decision of the FIL Arbitration Court, representatives of the FSSR in the FIL commissions, sports functionaries and officials have been restored in their rights, the ban on holding events sanctioned by the FIL by Russia has been lifted. holding international tournaments in Russia and excluding Russians from the working bodies of the FIL was illegal,» Garth said. «We filed an appeal with arbitration that the FIL decision of March 2 is illegal, the exclusion of Russians is not your competence. This should not be done by the FIL executive committee.» “The Ministry of Sports of Russia recommended us a very good law firm,” continued the President of the FSSR. “We worked out the entire charter of the FIL together, and all our arguments were not emotional, but clearly worked out according to the points of the charter of the international federation. And the charter of the FIL was violated. The arbitration court accepted all the documents prepared by us and made such a decision».
