IPC President rules out lifting Russia's suspension soon

Pyeongchang (SID) Andrew Parsons, President of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), has ruled out any early lifting of the suspension of the Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC). On the sidelines of the Paralympics in Pyeongchang, the Brazilian once again emphasized to the AFP news agency that the RPC must first meet strict criteria. Although Parsons credited the RPC with making “great progress,” this was still not enough after the Russian state doping scandal. "The situation is very clear because we have agreed on resumption criteria with the Russian Paralympic Committee," said the 41-year-old: "We cannot, for example, lift the suspension immediately after the Games - they must first meet these criteria." The IPC had suspended the RPC in August 2016 and the lifting of the ban was linked, among other things, to the full resumption of the Russian anti-doping agency RUSADA by the World Anti-Doping Agency WADA as well as an official recognition of the McLaren report, which Russia institutionalized doping system attested, coupled. Neither has happened yet. However, on February 28, just three days after the end of the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) lifted the suspension of the Russian Olympic Committee ROC despite two Russian doping cases during the games. The IPC invited 30 individually vetted athletes from Russia as “Neutral Paralympic Athletes” to the Paralympics in South Korea. “We can say with a certain level of confidence that these 30 athletes are clean,” Parsons said. So far there have been no positive doping tests at the Paralympics.

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IPC President rules out lifting Russia's suspension soon

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