Mark Tuitert competes during the ISU World Cup Speed Skating event on December 6, 2013 in Berlin (Boris Streubel/Getty Images)
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has today (Thursday) dismissed an appeal lodged by the International Skating Union (ISU) over rules governing the staging of so-called breakaway events in a near decade-long case that could have wider implications for sport as a whole.
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