As hundreds of athletes from around the world prepared for day one of the 2022 Winter Paralympic Games in Beijing on Friday, 71 athletes from Russia were preparing to head home.
You can now listen to Fox News articles!2022 Winter Paralympic GamesFollowing the International Paralympic Committee’s decision on Thursday to ban Russian and Belarusian athletes as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – after initially allowing them to participate as"neutrals" – the Russian Paralympic Committee announced Friday that was preparing to leave China and would not appeal the decision.
"The Russian Paralympic Committee and its athletes currently do not consider it possible or expedient to stay in Beijing and are planning to leave the Winter Games capital, the city of wonderful people, in the near future," the RPC said, viaFireworks are seen as the Olympic cauldron is lit during the Opening Ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics at the Beijing National Stadium on March...
BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 2: International Paralympic Committee president Andrew Parsons speaks during a IPC press conference in Main news center on March 2, 2022 in Beijing, China.
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