Russia will not compete at next month’s Paralympics in Rio after losing an appeal against a ban imposed for state-sponsored doping.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) upheld the International Paralympic Committee’s (IPC) ban on all Russian competitors.
The IPC made the decision after the McLaren report detailed a Russian state-sponsored doping programme.
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev described the decision as “cynical”.
Medvedev said “certain leaders of the Paralympic movement” wanted to “squeeze out strong competitors”, and he went on to call the decision “a blow to all people with disabilities, not just Russians”.
The Cas panel, which plans to publish the full grounds for its decision later, said the IPC’s decision to ban the entire Russian team “was proportionate in the circumstances”.
It added that the Russian Paralympic Committee did not file any evidence contradicting the facts put forward by the IPC.
The Paralympics begin on 7 September.
Source : BBC
Rio 2016 : Russia Banned From Paralympics
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