The Russian team has traveled to Paris for the 2024 Paralympics. This was reported by “Match TV”.
The event is also attended by the President of the Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) Pavel Rozhkov. It was reported that the first group of 41 athletes will set off on August 20.
Earlier Rozhkov said: work in progress With the organizing committee of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) regarding the admission of four Russians to the Paralympic Games.
In total, 90 athletes are supposed to go to Paris. The quad issue has not been fully resolved – there are some questions from the IPC. We continue to fight for them,” said the PKR president.
On March 6, the IPC published criteria under which Russian Paralympians would be allowed to compete at the Games only with neutral status. Russian athletes will not be able to attend the opening and closing ceremonies and their medals will not count towards the standings.
Formerly Chairman of the National Committee of Sports for the Disabled of Ukraine criticized Acceptance of Russians to the Paralympics.
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Source: Gazeta
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