World Anti-Doping Agency v Russian Anti-Doping Agency & Nikita Lysenin (CAS 2025/A/11886)

Procedural record

1. 31 August 2026Switzerland

   31 August 2026Switzerland

   Arbitral Award

   Court of Arbitration for Sport

   Award no.

   CAS 2025/A/11886

   Decision summary

   The Court of Arbitration for Sport partially upheld WADA's appeal, annulled the RUSADA Disciplinary Anti-Doping Committee's decision of 1 September 2025, found Nikita Lysenin to have committed an anti-doping rule violation under Article 4.1 of the Russian Anti-Doping Rules, and imposed fifteen months of ineligibility starting on 31 August 2026. Any period of ineligibility effectively served before the award's entry into force is credited against that period. The request to disqualify all competitive results from and including 30 January 2025 was dismissed, as were all other motions or prayers for relief.

   Participants

   World Anti-Doping Agency

   Representative

   Nicolas Zbinden (For: World Anti-Doping Agency)

   Representative

   David Baker (For: World Anti-Doping Agency)

   Representative

   Kellerhals Carrard (For: World Anti-Doping Agency)

   Representative

   Ross Wenzel (For: World Anti-Doping Agency)

   Representative

   Cyril Troussard (For: World Anti-Doping Agency)

   Russian Anti-Doping Agency

   Representative

   Graham Arthur (For: Russian Anti-Doping Agency)

   Representative

   GM ARTHUR (For: Russian Anti-Doping Agency)

   Nikita Lysenin

   Representative

   Anna Antseliovich (For: Nikita Lysenin)

   Representative

   Artem Patsev (For: Nikita Lysenin)

   Representative

   Clever Consult (For: Nikita Lysenin)

   Representative

   Alexander Bekker (For: Nikita Lysenin)

   Court of Arbitration for Sport

   Arbitrator

   Stefano Bastianon

   Institutional administrator

   Delphine Deschenaux-Rochat

   Other

   Interpreter

   Evgenia Sedelnikova

   Authorities cited

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