Sochi’s Mayor Anatoly Pakhomov has expressed an interest in his city staging an event which could be held specifically for Russian Paralympians ©Getty Images

Sochi’s Mayor Anatoly Pakhomov has expressed an interest in his city staging an event which could be held specifically for Russian Paralympians who were banned from competing at next month’s Games in Rio de Janeiro.

This comes despite the McLaren Report uncovering an alleged state-sponsored doping scheme in the country, which was present at the 2014 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Sochi.

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced yesterday that the country was planning on holding a multi-sport competition for its Paralympians, who have been barred from Rio 2016 by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) as a result of the explosive findings in the report.

The Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) was unsuccessful in its appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which confirmed there would be no athletes from the nation at the Games, due to run from September 7 to 18.

Putin has described the ban on Russian athletes as “outside the bounds of law, morality and humanity".

Pakhomov told news agency TASS that the city would be willing to host the event, which came after RPC Executive Committee member Mikhail Terentyev suggested it could be hosted in Sochi or in Crimea.

The President has also claimed the prizes would be equal to those of their Olympic counterparts.

“If the decision to hold in the city of Sochi alternative summer Paralympic Games is made at the state level, we, on our part, will certainly be glad that such a landmark event will be held at our place," Pakhomov told TASS.

"Our municipal environment is adapted for people with disabilities."

Russian President Vladimir Putin has called the IPC's ban on the country's athletes from the Paralympics immoral and inhumane ©Getty Images
Russian President Vladimir Putin has called the IPC's ban on the country's athletes from the Paralympics immoral and inhumane ©Getty Images

Russia staged an event, which primarily involved track and field, for athletes who were prohibited from taking part at the Rio 2016 Olympics after the International Olympic Committee opted to defer the decision on the extent of their participation to the respective International Federations.

It was held in Moscow on July 28, the day the depleted Russian team departed for Rio.

Russia returned from Rio 2016 with a total haul of 56 medals - 19 golds, 18 silvers and 19 bronze - compared with the 77 they managed to claim at London 2012.

Their team at the Games in the Brazilian city was cut from its original number of 389 to 271.

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev announced yesterday that those athletes who were banned from the Olympics would be given bonuses.

The Prime Minister then handed medallists keys to brand-new off-road BMW cars.

Gold medallists were given luxury BMX X6s, while those who earned silver were handed X5s and athletes who won bronze walked away with X3s.