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A Moscow court has Alexander Zubkov in a dispute over the return of two but a known gold medals of the winter games to be strengthened in 2014 on the back. He has continued to Olympic champion Status – at least in Russia.

Alexander Zubkov (front) and Alexei Wojewoda in the two-man bobsled at the Olympic Games in Sochi 2014.

Almost five years after the winter Olympic games in Sochi sinners from Russia, the fight goes to play for some of the former Stars and alleged doping before the various courts. One of them is the 44-year-old former bobsleigh Pilot Alexander Zubkov, was a double winner in Sochi, and since 2016 the President of the Russian bobsleigh Federation. On Friday won Zubkov for the second Time in his attempt to defend the two titles and associated privileges. The Moscow city court confirmed the judgment in first instance from 21. November and dismissed the claim of the Olympic Committee of Russia (OKR). At that time, the court Zubkov was partly right, and refused the recognition of the decision of the international sports arbitration court (CAS) on infringements of the athletes against Anti-Doping rules, “the territory of Russia,” it said in a press release. The judgment is now final.

Why Zubkov title lost its Olympic

“I’m drawn to court, because I’m a clean athlete,” said Zubkov, after the sentencing on Friday. The reason for the procedure was a decision of the disciplinary Commission of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in November 2017. According to the so-called McLaren-Report on Doping in Russian Sport Zubkov was locked together with other Russian athletes for life, his victories in the winter have been cancelled games in Sochi in 2014. Zubkov claimed before the CAS in Lausanne. His suspension was lifted, but the deprivation of the Siege remained in force.

Zubkov during the medal ceremony in Sochi 2014

What happened next may seem confusing: Zubkov complained in front of the Moscow city court, and this was the verdict in the first instance that the evidence of the international Tribunal would be based on his use of Doping agents “only speculation”. Specifically, it goes to high Salt levels in the urine of the Russian athletes, the notices alleged that he had handed out before the competition clean urine samples to share later. Direct evidence about the alleged urine-exchange, Doping of tracks, not the Russian court, the CAS. At the time, Zubkov said, the court in Moscow had recognized him as the “Olympic champion on Russian territory”. However, it is possible to be an Olympic champion in a country?

It comes to privileges

After the recent judgment, the court stated that Zubkov’s Status as an Olympic champion was neither then, nor now the subject of negotiation. “We contest the CAS ruling on no case,” said Zubkov. “We fencing, but the my decision on the territory of the Russian Federation.” The Ex-athlete said he will now make requests to the Russian Ministry of sports, why be the Olympic champion, this belonging to a “presidential scholarship” will not be transferred.

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His lawyer, Andrei Sidorenko expressed it even more clearly: “no one had the intention to force with the decision of the Moscow court the IOC, Subkows name on the victory Avenue to restore”. It is rather a question of “state sovereignty” to enforce, because in Russia a number of privileges “with the Status of an Olympic champion”. It looks like it would be one of the main motives for the action.

IOC wants to return the medals

The losing side, the Russian Olympic Committee, is of the opinion that the Moscow city court could not try the case in the main proceedings and the evidence allowed to “re-evaluate”. The IOC representative Elmira Kondratieva during the trial, said: “The Moscow city court has interfered in the competences of the CAS and the evidence re-evaluated.”

The German sports law expert Rainer Cherkeh said, the DW, he could see nothing Unusual in the action of the Russian athletes against a CAS decision before a Russian state court. Something there is in other countries. “As for the other Russian athletes, so this case is likely to have no immediate consequences for them,” says the expert. Previously, the Olympic Committee of Russia, Russian athletes as a result of the Case, Zubkov could be locked in the Olympic Games 2020 in Japan.

The IOC informed on request of the DW that the decision of the Moscow court plays in the case of Zubkov “no roll”. For the IOC the CAS decision, which had not been challenged count. “Therefore, the IOC continues to call for the return of the medals,” it says. The question about the publication of two gold medals had not been brought before the Moscow city court, however, remains open. Subkows lawyers said he would return the medals. He confirmed, only to have an IOC letter with the invitation to return. He wanted to say.