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Paralympics-IPC suspends Russian, Belarusian committees with immediate effect

FILE PHOTO: Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games - Closing Ceremony - National Stadium, Beijing, China - March 13, 2022. International Paralympic Committee President Andrew Parsons gives a speech during the closing ceremony. REUTERS/Peter Cziborra

The International Paralympic Committee voted to suspend the National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) of Russia and Belarus with immediate effect, placing their para-athletes' hopes of competing at the 2024 Paralympics in jeopardy.

Athletes from the two countries had previously been barred from competing in the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics in March over Russia's invasion of Ukraine, for which Belarus has been a staging area.

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