The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has over-ruled that the British Olympic Assocation’s policy of imposing lifetime bans on athletes who have tested positive for banned substance. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has been in dispute with the BOA over whether the BOA policy extended violator’s punishments, and the CAS has now ruled in favour of the WADA.
Whatever the outcome of the ruling, the important question is whether the British public are happy with known cheats representing them, and their country at the highest level.