RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Maybe it's time we started paying more attention to the Paralympics.
Not only are their athletes courageous, so are their leaders.
They did what Olympics officials wouldn't Sunday, kicking the Russians out of their games next month for operating a state-sponsored doping system that helped both Olympians and Paralympians top the medal charts in Sochi two years ago.
And they did it without mincing words.
"Their medals over morals mentality disgusts me," said Philip Craven, head of the International Paralympic Committee.
That it came to this is not only unfortunate, but sad.