Russian competitors remained banned from the Rio Paralympics after
the country lost an appeal Tuesday Aug 23,2016 against a suspension issued over
evidence of state-run doping.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) dismissed the appeal filed by the Russian Paralympic Committee, which sought to overturn the ban announced on August 7 by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).
The IPC took the dramatic action after the release of a bombshell report commissioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) that detailed a vast Russian drug-cheating programme supported by the government.
The Lausanne-based CAS said Russia "did not file any evidence contradicting the facts on which the IPC decision was based."
Russian sports minister Vitaly Mutko has slammed the Paralympic ban as "beyond belief"
IPC chief Philip Craven has countered that Russia's "thirst for glory at all costs has severely damaged the integrity and image of all sport".
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) dismissed the appeal filed by the Russian Paralympic Committee, which sought to overturn the ban announced on August 7 by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).
The IPC took the dramatic action after the release of a bombshell report commissioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) that detailed a vast Russian drug-cheating programme supported by the government.
The Lausanne-based CAS said Russia "did not file any evidence contradicting the facts on which the IPC decision was based."
Russian sports minister Vitaly Mutko has slammed the Paralympic ban as "beyond belief"
IPC chief Philip Craven has countered that Russia's "thirst for glory at all costs has severely damaged the integrity and image of all sport".
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