Athletistic/Others. President of the German Union of Disabled Athletes Friedhelm Julius Beucher expressed the opinion that the decision of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) on the admission of Russian and Belarusian athletes to the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris will be carefully considered and possibly modified. He noted that the neutrality criteria for Russian and Belarusian athletes have not yet been clearly defined by the IPC.

Beucher also stressed the importance of maintaining proper doping controls and expressed doubts about whether Russian and Belarusian athletes can be considered truly neutral at this time. He stressed that the issue of integrity concerns all athletes and that if someone fails to provide enough testing to prove their purity, there should be consequences.

President of the German Union of Disabled Athletes Friedhelm Julius Beucher said that the decision of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) on the admission of Russian and Belarusian athletes to the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris will be subject to careful consideration and possibly revised. .

The issue will be discussed at the Extraordinary Conference of the European Paralympic Committee, which will be held in March.

“To date, the IPC has not answered what the criteria are. Despite all my desire, I cannot imagine how a Russian or a Belarusian can be neutral now.

There is also the question of ensuring adequate anti-doping controls. It’s a question of fairness to our athletes, who have to constantly undergo testing, and that’s good. The fact that they cannot do it is not an argument. If an athlete doesn’t pass enough tests to prove they are clean, there should be consequences. And there can be no exceptions,” Sportschau quoted Beucher as saying.

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