Full statement here: "World Archery considers the ban on Russian athletes to go against the Paralympic Movement’s key principle of inclusion.

This release is issued in response to the International Paralympic Committee’s announcement on 7 August 2016 that the Russian NPC’s membership will be suspended, thus preventing over 250 Russian athletes, including 12 archery athletes, from attending the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

The delegation was expected to be one of the biggest from non-IPC managed sports at the Paralympic Games.

World Archery is the governing body for Para-archery.

World Archery strongly disagrees with the ban, which goes against the principles of inclusion and fair play, and considers the decision to have been taken based on a report that is unfinished and should remain ongoing until its mandate is completed, as stated by the IOC and WADA.

World Archery has discussed the ban with other affected Olympic federations. The consensus is that the IPC’s decision was taken without any proper consultation with the relevant federations responsible for the sports at the Paralympic Games, and against the best interests of these federations.

World Archery is disappointed that the IPC did not clarify which were the three summer Paralympic sports that were implicated in the McLaren Report, as it puts the image of World Archery and other summer sports into question."