International Paralympic Committee (IPC) president Andrew Parsons delivered some 'angry' words as he addressed athletes at the opening ceremony to the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing.
The build up to the Games has been dominated by the harrowing situation in Ukraine, with the country's death toll rising amid the Russian invasion that began on February 24.
As a result, numerous sporting organisations have opted to impose sanctions on Russian and Belarusian teams and athletes, and on Wednesday the IPC ruled that they would have to compete in China as neutrals, with neither nation to be included in the final medals table.
