The case of Mangar Chuot - who lives in Perth - centred on the inclusion of a female sprinter who appeared in the advertisement of an official Olympics sponsor.
Australian champion sprinter and Perth-based refugee, Mangar Chuot, wanted to compete at Rio 2016 in his murdered father's name and for a new country's honour.
But a ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport has made that dream impossible, dismissing the 26-year-old's appeal just hours after the cases were presented.
Chuot came to Australia as a refugee in 2005, eight years after his father was killed in South Sudan's battle for independence.
He was nominated for the South Sudanese team after winning his 200-metre trial in the nation's capital, Juba, although his personal best of 20.76 seconds is fractionally slower than the time needed to qualify automatically.
Joaquim Muniz is a lawyer for Chuot.
"We believe that was a very good hearing. We presented our points. It was quite unfair the decision of the national committee of South Sudan. They took out the athletes that was initially accredited for commercial reasons, not for technical reasons. We pointed that out to the panel and we believe that we have a strong case."
Chuot found out late last month that the South Sudan National Olympic Committee had not selected him to compete at the Olympics.
The nation's Olympic Committee has since been accused of allowing an advertising deal to influence which athletes it sent to Rio.
Sprinter Margret Hassan, who's the centrepiece of an advertising campaign for Samsung, was chosen to compete despite the fact she's not the fastest runner in the country.
Lucas Mendes is also on Chuot's legal team.
"I think the idea is to fulfil the Olympic Charter. More than this, it's to fulfil the Olympic spirit because when one comittee is bending the rules, not based on the merits or on the quality of the athletes, we are actually putting on side the Olympic spirit as a whole and we are not qualifying the best athletes but the ones that suit them better at that moment in time."
Lucas Mendes and his team argued the advertisement proved that selections were made on commercial deals, rather than performance.
"All the evidence shows that they made decisions based on contractual matters. They made decisions way before the athletes were actually appointed to participate in Rio 2016. And the video that has been submitted, and has been done with the promotion of a brand, was released on the internet before the athletes were actually appointed by the national committees."
Lawyers for the South Sudan National Olympic Committee argued that none of the athletes chosen by the federation reached qualifying times at recent competitions.
But to ensure as many nations as possible appear at the Olympics, under the universality rule, South Sudan was allowed to choose a female and male athlete, as well as a young male runner.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport dismissed the appeal lodged by Chuot, finding in favour of the South Sudan National Olympic Committee.
Samsung has denied influencing the decision to appoint their featured athlete to the team.
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