Russia is set to have athletes competing under their own flag at the Paralympic Games for the first time since 2014.
In a statement, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) said Russia’s National Paralympic Committee had been awarded six slots in the upcoming Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Games.
The country will have one woman and one man competing in para alpine skiing, one woman and one man in para cross-country skiing, and two men in the snowboarding event in Italy.
The latest move by the IPC comes after Russian bans first for a state-sponsored doping scheme and another linked to the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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