Russia faces a “strong chance” of being banned from the 2018 Paralympics if it does not meet criteria for competition reinstatement by September, the International Paralympic Committee said Monday.
Russia has been banned from IPC-sanctioned competition due to its poor anti-doping record since August. It was left out of the Rio Games in September. An IPC task force of five unanimously voted to extend the ban, it announced Monday.
The task force monitoring Russia’s progress to meeting reinstatement criteria said Monday that it “continues to have significant concerns regarding the lack of any material progress on a number of fundamental issues.