The CMAS code of ethics and the challenges of safeguarding athletes - the Vertical Blue Case

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.14712/23366052.2025.7" target="_blank" >10.14712/23366052.2025.7</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

The CMAS code of ethics and the challenges of safeguarding athletes - the Vertical Blue Case

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

In this paper, we examine the recent &apos;Vertical Blue Case&apos; involving two Croatian free divers, Vitomir Maričić and Petar Klovar, in a competition in the Bahamas, and the decision to suspend and punish the athletes made by the Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques (CMAS), which solely relied on its Code of Ethics. After laying out all the relevant facts, we first critically analyze the CMAS&apos;s Code of Ethics (the Code) and the articles used to justify the punishment. Secondly, we highlight many ethically questionable practices, unfair procedures, and anti-doping rule violations that heavily impact the particular case but were not considered in the decision made by CMAS. Thirdly, we demonstrate that several human rights violations were committed against the Croatian free divers. Fourthly, we reveal several problems with the Verdict itself. CMAS, for its part, defended its actions as necessary to safeguard the integrity of the sport, invoking its emergency powers under Article 10.2 to justify provisional measures in response to what it perceived as serious ethical concerns. Finally, we argue for the correction of the CMAS decision and propose practical solutions, including revising the Code and establishing clear boundaries for its use in resolving cases in sports, especially in relation to laws and rules in sports.

Název v anglickém jazyce

The CMAS code of ethics and the challenges of safeguarding athletes - the Vertical Blue Case

Popis výsledku anglicky

In this paper, we examine the recent &apos;Vertical Blue Case&apos; involving two Croatian free divers, Vitomir Maričić and Petar Klovar, in a competition in the Bahamas, and the decision to suspend and punish the athletes made by the Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques (CMAS), which solely relied on its Code of Ethics. After laying out all the relevant facts, we first critically analyze the CMAS&apos;s Code of Ethics (the Code) and the articles used to justify the punishment. Secondly, we highlight many ethically questionable practices, unfair procedures, and anti-doping rule violations that heavily impact the particular case but were not considered in the decision made by CMAS. Thirdly, we demonstrate that several human rights violations were committed against the Croatian free divers. Fourthly, we reveal several problems with the Verdict itself. CMAS, for its part, defended its actions as necessary to safeguard the integrity of the sport, invoking its emergency powers under Article 10.2 to justify provisional measures in response to what it perceived as serious ethical concerns. Finally, we argue for the correction of the CMAS decision and propose practical solutions, including revising the Code and establishing clear boundaries for its use in resolving cases in sports, especially in relation to laws and rules in sports.

Druh

J_ost - Ostatní články v recenzovaných periodicích

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

30306 - Sport and fitness sciences

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Acta Universitatis Carolinae. Kinanthropologica

ISSN

1212-1428

e-ISSN

2336-6052

Svazek periodika

61

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

16

Strana od-do

32-47

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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