MOSCOW, Sep 14, Andrey Simonenko. that the demand to condemn the Russian special operation in Ukraine, put before the Russian racer Sergey Karyakin as a condition for participation in the Dakar rally-raid-2023, will be canceled, sports lawyer Anna Antseliovich said. said that he was not allowed to participate in the 2023 rally-raid without a written statement condemning the Russian special operation in Ukraine. The athlete said that with the help of lawyers he is trying to remove this requirement, initiated by the International Motorsport Federation (FIA). «Both the Olympic Charter states, and the International Olympic Committee itself speaks of the political neutrality of sports, and all the restrictions that are imposed on Russian athletes, are due to their safety. Therefore, the introduction of a clearly political requirement in the conditions for participation in competitions violates this principle. From a legal point of view, there are quite good chances that this requirement will be canceled in the prescribed manner,» Anceliovich said. which has the authority to decide on the validity of this claim is the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), but procedures must first be completed with the FIA. “Initially, in the regulatory documents of all sports federations, there is a reference to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne. But CAS is still an appellate instance, and an (appeal) is filed there for some kind of decision. First, internal procedures must be completed in the disciplinary bodies and appeal committees of the FIA,» Anceliovich explained.
