Questão jurídica principal
Whether the CAS award violated public policy by increasing the sanction despite the respondent's failure to appeal the first-instance decision.
Decisão extraída
The claim failed because it was not shown that WADA had a right or duty to appeal the first-instance decision before the federation's judicial committee; the alleged reformatio in peius was therefore not established.
Fundamentação extraída
The Court held that only a narrow review for public policy applies. It left open whether reformatio in peius belongs to public policy, but found the factual premise missing: under FIFA rules, WADA could appeal final doping decisions to CAS, while internal federation remedies had to be exhausted first. The WADA Code provisions cited by the appellant did not establish a right to appeal the initial disciplinary decision.