The World Ski Association Fis was pleased to learn that the German Ski Association with its Austrian, Croatian and Swiss colleagues withdrew the joint lawsuit against Fis President Johan Eliasch before the Cas International Sports Court.
This means that there are no longer any doubts about the legality of Eliasch’s re-election, Fis said.
“Careless and Unfounded”
In any case, the association has always emphasized that the allegations made were “reckless” and “unfounded”. Now you can focus on that “What really counts: namely to work together democratically and cosmopolitanly and to create the best framework conditions for our sport”the statement said.
The four national associations moved to the Cas after the controversial re-election of the Fis president last year. Eliasch had no opponent at the Ski Congress in Milan. The Anglo-Swedish businessman received 100 per cent of the votes cast, but not all delegates voted.
DSV: “Legal opinion not changed”
At the request of delegates, a secret ballot was set by ballot, the required option no as an answer did not exist. The ski associations therefore described the election as a “farce”.
The complaint was not withdrawn, “Because our legal opinion has changed, but because we had to recognize that the current procedure overlays the necessary coordination processes and partially blocks them”DSV board member Stefan Schwarzbach told the German Press Agency on Saturday.