The International Paralympic Committee has previously said that it will allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to the Paris Paralympics as neutral athletes.
The International Olympic Committee IOC failed to reach a decision at its congress that ended in Mumbai, India on Tuesday, on whether athletes from Russia and Belarus will be allowed to participate as so-called neutral athletes in next year’s Summer Olympics in Paris.
The IOC has given a recommendation that athletes from Russia, which started a large-scale war of aggression in Ukraine in February 2022, and athletes from Belarus should be allowed to participate in the Paris Summer Games as neutral athletes, without state symbols.
The International Paralympic Committee IPC decided at its September meeting that Russian and Belarusian athletes will be allowed to participate in next year’s Paralympic Games as neutral athletes.