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Russia Has Been Banned From Competing In The Paralympics In Rio

All Russian athletes have been banned from the Paralympics over doping concerns, the president of the International Paralympics Committee (IPC) Sir Philip Craven has announced.

The ban is a result of the findings in a World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) report by Professor Richard McLaren into a state-sponsored doping scandal.

The IPC’s governing board was said to have reached a unanimous decision on the ban.

Craven said that the “decision has placed a huge burden upon all our shoulders, but it’s a decision we’ve had to take in the best interests of the Paralympic Movement.