“I you should not work in court docket to protect everyone.” McLaren describes why he couldn’t protect Russian athletes suspended in the CAS

Canadian lawyer Richard McLaren defined why he was not able to defend suspended Russian athletes at the Sports Arbitration Tribunal (CAS).

“I’m sorry, but I cannot do it. I really don’t function in court to defend anybody, “McLaren stated in response to the issue of no matter if he would concur to protect in CAS suspended the Russians, apart from to be the arbiter of the court.

McLaren himself, the most important accuser of our sport, defended Russia. Will his terms make a variance?

Richard McLaren on the disqualification of Russian athletes: “They are taken care of unfairly. The athletes did not initiate the conflict and are not accountable for its system.

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