Paris 2024 Paralympics: Russian and Belarusian para-athletes will be allowed to compete after IPC vote

Paris 2024 Paralympics: Russian and Belarusian para-athletes will be allowed to compete after IPC vote

Para-athletes from Russia and Belarus will be allowed to compete at next year’s Paralympics after officials voted against a full ban.

 

The National Paralympic Committees of Russia and Belarus were partially suspended by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).

So können Konkurrenten aus beiden Ländern in Paris neutral teilnehmen.

 

Since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, Russia and Belarus have been banned from Paralympics.

 

Am 28. August finden die Paris Games 2024 statt.

 

In addition, para-athletes from Russia and Belarus will have the opportunity to participate in world and regional championships in a neutral manner. The six sports for which the IPC serves as an international federation will also be permitted.

 

In einer Erklärung, die sie am Friday veröffentlichten, äußerten die Paralympics GB ihre “Unzufriedenheit” mit der Entscheidung und betonten, dass sie “nicht mit den Werten des Paralympic Movement übereinstimmt”.

 

Global Athlete, a group that helps to represent athletes’ voices, also expressed dissatisfaction with the decision and said in a statement that it “lacks reason and principle.”

 

In a statement, IPC President Andrew Parsons said that all IPC members would “fully respect” the outcome, while Mihaylo Podolyak, advisor to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, said that the decision “prolongs war.”

 

In einer Erklärung erklärte das IPC: „IPC Mitglieder voted 90-56 in favour of a motion to partially suspend NPC Russia (with six members abstaining).

 

Die Entscheidung wurde getroffen, nachdem Mitglieder zunächst eine Motion zur vollständigen Suspendierung von NPC Russia mit einem Ergebnis von 74-65 (mit 13 Abstentionen) abgelehnt hatten. In order for a motion to be approved, a 50%+ 1 result of all cast votes was required.

 

In der Folge wurde berichtet: “Die Mitglieder des IPC stimmten mit 74 zu 56 (15 Abstimmungen) gegen eine Motion zur vollständigen Suspendierung von NPC Belarus aufgrund von Verletzungen seiner gesetzlichen Mitgliedschaftsverpflichtungen.”

 

Die Generalversammlung des IPC stimmte 79-57 (nine abstentions) für eine teilweise Suspendierung des NPC Belarus aufgrund von Verletzungen seiner gesetzlichen Mitgliedschaftsverpflichtungen.

 

Two weeks before the International Olympic Committee (IOC) meets to talk about Russia and Belarus’ participation at the 2024 Paris Olympics, the IPC made its decision at its general assembly in Bahrain on Friday.

 

After the IPC was criticized for initially saying they could, competitors from both countries were not allowed to take part as neutrals at the Winter Paralympics in Beijing in March 2022.

 

The IPC was “very firm believers that sport and politics should not mix,” said IPC president Andrew Parsons.

 

Russia and Belarus appealed against the IPC’s suspension in May 2023, but they still are banned from world championship events.

 

Russia was banned from competing at international events prior to the invasion of Ukraine in 2016, when the McLaren report described a Russian state-sponsored doping program.

 

The IPC said it had found evidence that samples were swapped during the Sochi Games in 2014, and it blocked para-athletes from taking part in the Paralympic Games in Rio.

 

Russia appealed against the 2016 suspension, but the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) upheld the decision.

 

Following three years, the IPC lifted the ban on Russian para-athletes, but under strict conditions. But at the end of 2019, the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) imposed a four-year ban on Russia from all major sporting events.

 

Russian paralympics athletes were allowed to enter the 2020 Paralympics in Tokyo under a neutral flag in 2021, which was postponed due to COVID-19.

 

Die Reaktion des IPC auf die “falsche Seite der Geschichte”

In a statement, David Clarke, CEO of ParalympicsGB, said that the governing body had voted for a continued suspension of the Russian NPC.

 

He äußerte seine Meinung, dass diese Entscheidung nicht mit den Grundsätzen des Paralympischen Movement übereinstimmt.

 

However, given that athletes and staff will only be able to attend if they meet the criteria set out by the IPC Governing Board, we would urge them to ensure that individual athletes that have broken the IPC’s Code of Conduct by stating their support for the war are banned from competing at Paris 2024.

 

Wir möchten weiterhin unsere Solidarität mit den Bürgern der Ukraine und unseren Freunden bei NPC Ukraine ausdrücken.

 

Podolyak criticized the Uefa’s decision earlier this week to allow Russia’s U17 teams to enter European competition alongside the Paralympics decision.

 

Podolyak erklärte, dass beide Faktoren die Dauer der Konflikte verschlimmern und dass Russia dazu gezwungen ist, die Ausmaße der Massenkriminalität in Ukraine zu erhöhen, um die globalen Eliten zu beeinflussen und sie zu überzeugen, dass Russia das Recht hat, internationale Gesetze zu ignorieren.

 

According to global athletes, the IPC has demonstrated their “true colors” by “kowtowing to Russia’s influence” over international sport.

 

Die Aussage besagte, dass die Entscheidung von heute keinen Grund und Grundsatz hat. When Russia’s aggression on Ukraine has only increased, the IPC lifted a ban, which is contradictory and aligns them with the wrong side of history in this war.

 

Deutlicherweise hat das IPC die Forderungen der Athleten nach einer Verbannung ignoriert und stattdessen ihre Unterstützung der Putin-Wahl in der Ukraine geleistet. Russia and Belarus have been given a global platform at the Paris Paralympic Games by the IPC for their war propaganda.

 

“Ich erwarte, dass alle Mitglieder des IPC vollständig die Entscheidung respektieren”, sagte Parsons, der President of the IPC. Jetzt, da es vorbei ist, hoffe ich, dass das Hauptaugenmerk bei der Vorbereitung auf die Paralympics in Paris 2024 auf Sport und die Leistungen von Paralympics-Athletinnen und Athleten liegt.

 

asepjaya02

Learn More →

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *