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The International Paralympic Committee connected Saturday (September 27, 2025) decided to assistance a partial suspension of Russia and Belarus imposed since Moscow’s 2022 full-scale penetration of Ukraine.
This decision, taken astatine the IPC’s wide assembly gathering successful Seoul, opens the mode for Russian and Belarusian athletes to vie nether their ain flags astatine the Milan-Cortina Olympic Games adjacent year.
However, contention successful the six sports connected the programme is governed by planetary federations that person truthful acold maintained a prohibition connected Russian and Belarusian athletes.
IPC subordinate organisations astatine the 2025 IPC General Assembly person voted not to support the partial suspensions of the National Paralympic Committees of Belarus and Russia.https://t.co/meJaF974dZ
— Paralympic Games (@Paralympics) September 27, 2025IPC subordinate organisations astatine the 2025 IPC General Assembly person voted not to support the partial suspension of the National Paralympic Committee of Russia.https://t.co/jnWCirFCsd
— Paralympic Games (@Paralympics) September 27, 2025To beryllium eligible, each jock indispensable person an progressive licence for the 2025/26 play from their planetary federations for para Alpine skiing, para cross-country skiing, para snowboarding, para biathlon, para crystal hockey and wheelchair curling, which person presently suspended some countries.
The partial suspension was adopted by the IPC General Assembly successful 2023, authorising Russian and Belarusian athletes to vie astatine the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games nether a neutral emblem and strict neutrality conditions.
The IPC had excluded the Russian and Belarusian Paralympic Committees from the Beijing 2022 Games.
The IPC’s latest determination comes 8 days aft the International Olympic Committee (IOC) authorised the beingness of Russian and Belarusian athletes astatine the Milan-Cortina Olympic Games nether a neutral emblem and strict neutrality conditions.
