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The Russian Paralympic Committee (Russian: Паралимпийский комитет России) is the National Paralympic Committee representing Russia.




History


The Russian Paralympic Committee was founded in 1996. On 7 August 2016, it was suspended by the International Paralympic Committee due to the state-sponsored doping scandal. This banned Russian athletes from the 2016 Summer Paralympics and required them to participate as Neutral Paralympic Athletes at the 2018 Winter Paralympics.




2020 Tokyo Paralympics


On 9 December 2019, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) banned Russia from all international sport for four years, after it was found that data provided by the Russian Anti-Doping Agency had been manipulated by Russian authorities with a goal of protecting athletes involved in its state-sponsored doping scheme. Russian athletes would be allowed to participate in the Paralympics under a neutral flag and with a neutral designation, matching the 2018 Winter Paralympics.
Russia later appealed against the WADA decision in the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). On 17 December 2020, the CAS announced its decision, reducing the suspension to two years and allowing Russian athletes to use the Russian national colours but a non-national flag, anthem, and designation to be approved by the International Paralympic Committee. This effectively covered the 2020 and 2022 Paralympics.

In April 2021, the IPC approved that the Russian designation's name would be "RPC" (but that the full name "Russian Paralympic Committee" could not be used), and that the anthem used would be Pyotr Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1. The actual emblem of the Russian Paralympic Committee could not be used due to it prominently featuring the Russian national flag, so a different flame-shaped emblem was specially created for the two Games.




Impact of 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine


After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) condemned Russia's "breach of the Olympic Truce adopted by the UN General Assembly". Following this, the International Paralympic Committee initially announced that the RPC team designation would be banned and that Russian athletes could only compete at the 2022 Winter Paralympics under a fully neutral designation as in 2018. After boycott threats from other nations, the IPC on 3 March 2022 banned Russian athletes from competing entirely. On 16 November 2022, the IPC again suspended the RPC at an extraordinary meeting of the IPC General Assembly.




Sources






See also


Russia at the Olympics
Russia at the Paralympics
Russian Olympic Committee




External links


Official website

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• Paralimpiade Musim Panas 2020
• Paralimpiade Musim Dingin 2022
• Komite Olimpiade Eropa
• Olimpiade Musim Dingin 2014
• Olimpiade Musim Panas 2024
• Olimpiade Musim Panas 2012
• Russian Paralympic Committee
• 2022 Winter Paralympics
• Russian Olympic Committee
• Cheating at the Paralympic Games
• Winter Paralympic Games
• Paralympic Games
• Russian Paralympic Committee athletes at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
• RPC
• 2014 Winter Paralympics
• United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee