The Russian Paralympic Committee (russian: Паралимпийский комитет России) is the

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representing Russia.

History

The Russian Paralympic Committee was founded in 1996. On 7 August 2016, it was suspended by the

International Paralympic Committee The International Paralympic Committee (IPC; german: Internationales Paralympisches Komitee) is an international non-profit organisation and the global governing body for the Paralympic Movement. The IPC organizes the Paralympic Games and fun ...

due to the state-sponsored doping scandal.

2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games

On 9 December 2019, the

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(WADA) banned Russia from all international sport for four years, after it was found that data provided by the

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had been manipulated by Russian authorities with a goal of protecting athletes involved in its state-sponsored doping scheme. Russian athletes would be allowed to participate in the Paralympic under a neutral flag and with a neutral designation. Russia later appealed against the WADA decision in the

Court of Arbitration for Sport The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS; french: Tribunal arbitral du sport, ''TAS'') is an international body established in 1984 to settle disputes related to sport through arbitration. Its headquarters are in Lausanne, Switzerland and its co ...

(CAS). On 17 December 2020, the CAS announced its decision, reducing the suspension to two years and allowing Russian athletes to participate under the flag of the Committee, rather than under a neutral flag, and use the Russian national colours. For all victory ceremonies,

Pyotr Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky , group=n ( ; 7 May 1840 – 6 November 1893) was a Russian composer of the Romantic period. He was the first Russian composer whose music would make a lasting impression internationally. He wrote some of the most popu ...

's Piano Concerto No. 1 was used in lieu of the Russian national anthem.

Impact of 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

After the

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, the

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(IOC) condemned Russia's "breach of the

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adopted by the UN General Assembly". Following this, the

on 3 March 2022 banned Russian athletes from competing at the

2022 Winter Paralympics The 2022 Winter Paralympics (), commonly known as Beijing 2022 (), was an international winter multi-sport parasports event held in Beijing, China from 4 to 13 March 2022. This was the 13th Winter Paralympic Games, as administered by the Inte ...

. The Russian Paralympic Committee was suspended by the International Paralympic Committee at an extraordinary meeting of its General Assembly on 16 November 2022.https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/ipc-suspends-russian-belarusian-committees-with-immediate-effect-2022-11-17/

Sources

External links

Official website

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History

2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games

Impact of 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

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See also

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