The President of the Russian Olympic Committee Alexander Zhukov believes that, in taking the decision about the participation of Russian Paralympic athletes in the upcoming Games, the international Paralympic Committee (IPC) acted under political pressure. Therefore, the decision of beetles called illogical and incorrect, reports TASS.
The only opportunity that is left for the Paralympic athletes to challenge the decision of the IPC in the court, the head of the Russian Olympic Committee.
According to the results of the report by WADA, the international Paralympic Committee earlier had removed all of the Russian Paralympic national team from participation in the 2016 Games.
