{"id":205122,"date":"2025-09-27T07:38:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T07:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/27\/international-paralympic-committee-lifts-partial-suspensions-of-russia-belarus\/"},"modified":"2025-09-27T07:38:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T07:38:08","slug":"international-paralympic-committee-lifts-partial-suspensions-of-russia-belarus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/27\/international-paralympic-committee-lifts-partial-suspensions-of-russia-belarus\/","title":{"rendered":"International Paralympic Committee lifts partial suspensions of Russia, Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-70101285\">\n<div class=\"schemaDiv\" id=\"schemaDiv\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>The International Paralympic Committee on Saturday (September 27, 2025) decided to lift a partial suspension of Russia and Belarus imposed since Moscow\u2019s 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>This decision, taken at the IPC\u2019s general assembly meeting in Seoul, opens the way for Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete under their own flags at the Milan-Cortina Olympic Games next year.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>However, competition in the six sports on the programme is governed by international federations that have so far maintained a ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes.&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline_embed article-block-item\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">IPC member organisations at the 2025 IPC General Assembly have voted not to maintain the partial suspensions of the National Paralympic Committees of Belarus and Russia.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/meJaF974dZ\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/meJaF974dZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Paralympic Games (@Paralympics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Paralympics\/status\/1971792835285602656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">September 27, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">IPC member organisations at the 2025 IPC General Assembly have voted not to maintain the partial suspension of the National Paralympic Committee of Russia.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jnWCirFCsd\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/jnWCirFCsd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Paralympic Games (@Paralympics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Paralympics\/status\/1971758556564406562?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">September 27, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n<p>To be eligible, each athlete must have an active licence for the 2025\/26 season from their international federations for para Alpine skiing, para cross-country skiing, para snowboarding, para biathlon, para ice hockey and wheelchair curling, which have currently suspended both countries.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The partial suspension was adopted by the IPC General Assembly in 2023, authorising Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games under a neutral flag and strict neutrality conditions.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The IPC had excluded the Russian and Belarusian Paralympic Committees from the Beijing 2022 Games.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The IPC\u2019s latest decision comes eight days after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) authorised the presence of Russian and Belarusian athletes at the Milan-Cortina Olympic Games under a neutral flag and strict neutrality conditions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"update-publish-time article-published-time-end\">\n<p class=\"publish-time-new\"> Published <span>&#8211; 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