Russians are allowed to compete at the Paralympics in Paris

2023-09-29 13:59:53

Russian athletes will be allowed to compete once more under a neutral flag at the Paralympics in Paris next year (August 28 to September 8, 2024). This was decided by the majority of the National Paralympic Committees on Friday at the General Assembly of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) in Bahrain.

In a first vote, the member associations voted 74:65 (with 13 abstentions) once morest a motion for the complete suspension of the NPK of Russia. In the followingnoon, a majority of 90 nations voted to extend the suspension by two years and an associated start under a neutral flag. 56 member associations voted once morest suspending the NPK Russia and thus in favor of participating under the national flag (six abstentions).

The decision should also serve as a pointer for the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which is playing for time on the issue. Until recently, the IPC had refrained from allowing athletes from Russia and Belarus to compete, even under a neutral flag. That was the result of the general assembly in Berlin last November. In Manama, the capital of Bahrain, the NPKs now decided differently.

The IOC, with Thomas Bach at the helm, officially recommended that the international professional associations re-admit Russian individual athletes in the winter. Since then, many experts have expected that this will pave the way for Russia to Paris despite its war of aggression in Ukraine. The IOC wants to make a decision on the politically controversial participation of Russian athletes in the Olympics “in due course”.

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