Russian swimmer Andrei Kalina won a gold medal at the Paris Paralympics.
The Russian athlete came first in the 100-meter breaststroke in the SB8 class.
Kalina became the first Russian to win a gold medal at the Paris Paralympic Games.
The Russians have one gold, three silver and five bronze medals.
48 track and field athletes, 35 swimmers, 2 taekwondo representatives, 2 triathletes and 5 table tennis athletes applied for the Paralympic Games. On August 14, Craig Spence, the International Paralympic Committee’s communications director, reported that 90 applications had been approved. However, the French government later refused visas to two athletes from Russia who planned to participate in the Summer Paralympics.
On March 6, the International Paralympic Committee published criteria for Russian Paralympic athletes to 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.
Previously, swimmer Daria Lukyanenko from Russia won bronze At the Paralympic Games in Paris.
Source: Gazeta
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