Earlier this week I spoke to Andrew Parsons, President of the International Paralympic Committee, in an interview to mark 500 days to go until the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics get under way.
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has confirmed that it has conditionally reinstated Russia as a member.
A member of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) taskforce has openly criticised the decision to conditionally lift the suspension of the Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC).
The Kremlin is hopeful Russia can repair its relationships with worldwide sporting bodies following the doping scandal after the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) decided to conditionally lift its suspension on the country.
A near three-year suspension of the Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) has been conditionally lifted under a series of strict conditions, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) announced today.
The Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) is "optimistic" that it will be reinstated to international competition when the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) reports on Friday (February 8).
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Governing Board is set to hold four days of meetings in London with the suspension of the Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) among the multiple subjects due to be covered.
The Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) has paid all expenses incurred by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) in connection with their reinstatement process, according to the country's state news agency TASS.
International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Andrew Parsons has warned Russia the payment of outstanding fees will not lead to an automatic lifting of the country's suspension as he admitted he thought the issue would have been resolved by now.
Russia has taken an important step to fulfilling one of the main criteria for reinstatement laid out by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) by making its first payment to help cover the governing body's financial losses caused by the scandal.
The suspension of the Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) is set to continue with the Taskforce assisting with the reinstatement process not scheduled to provide an update at this weekend’s International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Governing Board meeting in Bonn.
It has been announced that Vladimir Lukin has been re-elected as President of the Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) following an election conference in Podolsk.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) member and Paris 2024 President Tony Estanguet has claimed that Russia needs to be fully reintegrated back into the international sporting fold as soon as possible but warned the process cannot be rushed.
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) have claimed the extension of their cooperation agreement with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will not see them be put under pressure to reinstate the Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC).
German Para-Nordic skier Andrea Eskau has said that she has no problem with the decision to allow clean Russian athletes to compete as neutrals at Pyeongchang 2018, despite her country's Paralympic Committee expressing its unhappiness with the move.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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