Study on the Identification of Equestrian Athletes'Anti-Doping Responsibilities in Cases of Auxiliary Personnel's Violation
The anti-doping management of the equestrian involves multiple auxiliary personnel,yet no separate regu-lations have been established for the punishment of auxiliary personnel's doping violations.The Fédération Equestre Internationale(FEI)has determined that athletes bear full responsibility for the faulty behaviors of auxiliary person-nel in the context of equestrian anti-doping rule violations.With more and more equestrian doping disputes appealed to the International Court of Arbitration for Sport(CAS),existing case precedents indicate that the CAS arbitral tri-bunal acknowledges issues such as improper application of doping regulations,imbalanced burden of proof for viola-tions,and unclear division of anti-doping responsibilities in multiple related penalty decisions made by the FEI,which have affected the identification of athletes'anti-doping responsibilities and aggravated the conflict between an-ti-doping management and athletes'rights protection.Through the analysis of CAS cases,the faulty behaviors of auxiliary personnel can be discretionarily included in the consideration for athletes'mitigation of punishment.This paper proposes an identification process based on the principle of differentiation as a prerequisite,individual fault as the basis of sanction,and multi-party consultation as a mitigation path,so as to provid effective guidance for im-proving the identification of equestrian anti-doping liability and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of ath-letes.Research Suggestions:Under the background of sports legalization,China's equestrian association should align with international development,combine with the characteristics of equestrian,and improve athletes'awareness of anti-doping liability by formulating codes of conduct for auxiliary personnel,issuing athlete guidelines,and strengthening the supervision of auxiliary personnel,thereby achieving a harmonious coexistence between anti-doping management and athlete rights protection.
anti-dopingequestrianauxiliary personnelathlete rightspenalty regulationsidentification of re-sponsibility