No victory, no participation

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) removed the entire Russian team from participation in the Paralympics, which will be held in Rio de Janeiro from September 7 to 18. This was reported on the organization’s website. The decision of the IPC management took the decision unanimously.

The reason for the removal of the national team was the report of the independent commission of the World Anti -Doping Agency (WADA), which provides evidence of the use of doping 35 by Russian paralympics.

The decision can be appealed for 21 calendar days.

The guardian reported the planned removal of the Russian team from the Paralympics the day before . “If at the last minute the IPC does not change the solution, then the PKR (Paralympic Committee of Russia. - Ed.), Probably, will be disqualified on the basis of McLaren’s report, which proved that the Russian system was so compromised that it cannot be trusted,” the publication said.

Meanwhile, President of the PCR Vladimir Lukin called the message The Guardian with a rumor. He called on to wait for the Sunday decision of the IPC.

On July 24, the IOC left decisions on the admission of a Russian athlete to the Games in Rio de Janeiro at the discretion of the international federations of specific sports . At the same time, the Russian team as a whole was not disqualified. The athletes admitted to the games are under the Russian flag.

By the time of the opening of the Olympiad , 271 Russian athlete was allowed for the games. Later they satisfied the applications of several more Russians, in particular swimmer of Julia Efimova and Viktor Lebedev fighter.