On August 7, the IPC made a decision to bar the whole Russian Paralympic team from taking part in the 2016 Summer Paralympics, to be held from September 7 in Brazil.
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The court ruled the decision to exclude Russian Federation from the Paralympics was “comprehensibly justified”.
Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) President Vladimir Lukin said last week that they had written to the IPC in order to find out how they get their membership reinstated, which would allow them to return to worldwide competitions. “By rule, the Russian Paralympic Committee’s suspension will be lifted immediately following the governing board’s determination that the member is once again able to meet its membership obligations in full”, Spence added.
The International Paralympic Committee has denied the claims.
It says there was no contract between them and the IPC, given that Russian athletes are generally nominated by their country’s national Paralympic committee, and the IPC “comprehensibly justified” the Russian athletes’ exclusion.
In 2012, Canadian athletes won 31 medals at the London Paralympic Games including seven gold, 15 silver and nine bronze.
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In that case, the appeals could have been considered before the Paralympics kick off in Brazil on September 7. “They had the right to refusal and they used that right in accordance with the existing regulations” Mitkov said.
