The Bulgarian Weightlifting Federation (BWF) has filed an appeal atthe Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against a decision issued by the International WeightliftingFederation (IWF) on 9 November 2015 in which it was fined USD 500,000 and banned from enteringthe next Youth Olympic and Olympic Games after 11 of its athletes were found to have committedanti-doping rule violations.
In appealing to the CAS, the BWF seeks to have the IWF’s decision annulled. Together with its appeal,the BWF also filed a request to stay the execution of the challenged decision. A decision on this pointis expected to be issued in the coming weeks.
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