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Phil Casey

Winter Paralympics: Tanni Grey-Thompson ‘would really love’ Ukraine to top medal table in Beijing

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Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson has welcomed the decision to ban Russian and Belarusian athletes from the Winter Paralympics and hopes Ukraine will top the medal table in Beijing.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) initially said athletes from those countries could compete under a neutral flag despite the ongoing invasion of Ukraine, a decision Grey-Thompson called a “cop-out” and “virtue signalling”.

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