USA Cycling calls for CAS ruling on McQuaid nomination before election
Five federatioꦺns ask UCI "to forego the spectre of any post-election litigation"
The cycling federations of the USA, Russia, Canada, Algeria and Finland have written to UCI president Pat McQuaid r𝄹equesting that ꦫthe Court of Arbitration for Sport rules on the validity of his nomination for re-election in advance of the election, which takes place at the UCI congress in Florence later this month.
McQuaid’s bid for a third term as president suffered twin blows when both 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Cycling Ireland, his home federation, and Swiss Cy🔥🍸cling, the federation of his country of residence, opted ♔not to back his candidacy, but the Irishman is attempting to stand for election on the back of nominations from the Moroccan and Thai federations.
However, these nominations will only be valid if an ame🌳ndment to article 51 of the UCI Constitution proposed by the Asian Cycling Confederati𒁏on and the Malaysian federation is passed at UCI congress. The proposed amendment would allow a candidate to be nominated by multiple federations insteadဣ of ജby his home federation.
The only other candidate for election is British Cycling president Brian C🃏ookson, a🧸nd he would run unopposed if the amendment to article 51 is not passed at UCI congress.
USA Cycling and the federations of ꧋Russia, Canada, Algeria and Finland have called for a resolution to the impasse to be reached before delegates convene in Florence, proposing that CAS make a binding ruling on the matter in advance of the electioꩲn.
“At this point, USA Cycling and many other federations believe the answer is neither to sweep all the procedural challenges under the carpet nor to leave these questions open, but rather to obtain a final, incontestable decision in advance of the🐠 elections as to whether Article 51.1 allows more than one country to nominate a candidate,” read .
“To that end, we and several ot𓃲her national cycling federations (Russia, Canada, Finland, and Algeria) have proposed that the UCI agree to binding arbitration before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) for a definitive and bindi🥂ng ruling on Article 51.1’s application.”
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The five fedeꦗrations’ , addressed to McQuaid and UCI director general Christophe Hubschmid, call on McQuaid to “demonstrate his allegiance to the UCI Constitution” by agreeing “to forego the spectre of any post-election litigation over Article 51.1 💮for the certainty of a pre-election, binding decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.”
