
The leadership of the International Olympic Committee intends to support Russia on the restoration of membership in the International Paralympic Committee. This was reported by Izvestia.
In the IOC, the requirements put forward by the MPC to the Paralympic Committee of Russia were considered excessively rigid. “High -ranking MOK members do not approve of the behavior of representatives of the IPC in relation to the PCR, which is why the relationship between organizations suffers seriously,” the source said. “IOC intends to intervene in the negotiation process between the MPC and the PCR regarding the recently sent membership criteria. Perhaps representatives of the International Olympic Committee will be present at the meeting of members of the MPC and PCR. There is a possibility that there is a possibility that there is a possibility that there is a possibility that there is a possibility that there is a possibility that there is a possibility that there is a possibility The influence of the heads of the ICOC will help to establish a more constructive dialogue between organizations, which will lead to mitigation of some criteria for restoring the PCR membership in the IPC system. "
The vice-president of the Paralympic Committee of Russia, State Duma deputy Oleg Smolin confirmed this information to the publication. “Since the IOC is the main sponsor of the IPC, we hope that sooner or later the situation is normalized,” said Smolin. “One way or another, we will be ready to fulfill the requirements of the IPC to restore membership in the international system only if we get guarantees that Russian athletes will be allowed to the Paralympic Games in South Korea in 2018.”
The International Paralympic Committee last week published the criteria for the restoration of the RCC in its ranks. The document consists of 11 pages and includes a number of requirements, including free access of doping officers to the “closed” Russian cities, the absence of officials in the leadership of the RCD, the formation of international and national bullets for testing Russian paraatlets, which can be allowed before the competition only after six months in the list with mandatory twice tests for all types of doping.
On August 7, it was announced that the MPC made a unanimous decision on the removal of Russian athletes from the Paralympics and the deprivation of the PCR of the Organization. Later it became known that this decision applies to the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang.
On August 23, it became known that CAS upheld the decision of the MPC . The PCC challenged this decision in the Federal Court of Switzerland. On August 31, this instance rejected the Russian complaint . "The Federal Court rejects the petition of the PCR to admit Russian athletes to participate in the Paralympic Games. The PCR cannot declare a single athlete for the Paralympic Games," the court said.
On September 1, the MPC rejected the individual applications of Russian athletes for admission to the competitions of the Paralympics 2016. "The International Paralympic Committee announced on Thursday, which will not allow individual Russian athletes to participate as neutral athletes in the Paralympic Games in Rio-2016. The decision was made after individual requests from more than 175 Russian athletes to participate in Paralympic games that open on September 7, ”the press release said.
“The MPC sympathizes with Russian athletes who currently cannot take part in the Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. The main goal of the MPC is to provide athletes to improve their skills, unfortunately, the Russian authorities deprived their athletes with this opportunity,” said the Executive Director of the MPC Ksavier Gonzalez. “After the Paralympic Committee of Russia will show, it will show, it will show, What can be ensured in the future to comply with the anti -doping code of the Ministry of Publics forces, the committee will be glad to welcome Russian athletes to international competitions again. "