Friday , 29 March 2024


The Russian athletes will participate in the Paralympics of Rio

The International Paralympic Committee would like to clarify IAAF decision does not affect the participation of Russian Para athletics team at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. The Russian Para athletics team train as part of the Russian Paralympic Committee and have no association with the All-Russia Athletics Federation (ARAF).

Since the allegations were first made regarding ARAF, the IPC has been in dialogue with the Russian Paralympic Committee to establish what relationship and interactions, if any, they have with ARAF. Currently there is no evidence that the anti-doping issues within ARAF extend to the Russian Paralympic Committee or Russian Para athletics team.

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