CAS Upholds The Five-Year Period Of Ineligibility Imposed By World Athletics On Brianna McNeal
Press Release
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has issued its decision in the appeal arbitration procedures filed separately by the US track and field athlete Brianna McNeal and by World Athletics (WA) against the decision issued by the WA Disciplinary Tribunal dated 21 April 2021 (the Challenged Decision). In such decision, it was determined that Brianna McNeal had committed an Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV) pursuant to Article 2.5 of the 2019 WA Anti-Doping Rules (“Tampering or Attempted Tampering with any part of Doping Control”) and a five-year period of ineligibility beginning on 15 August 2020 was imposed on her.
