Few in number and very discreet at the Olympic Games, Russian athletes will go in force to the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games (August 28 to September 8). The agency TASS reports that the IPC approved a list of 92 selected, engaged in particular in athletics, swimming, triathlon, taekwondo and table tennis. The deadline for registration has been set by the international body for Monday August 5. Pavel Rozhkov, the president of the Russian Paralympic Committee, indicated that the delegation would number 160 people, including 92 athletes, all declared eligible by the IPC. “All members of the delegation have satisfied the mandatory biometric procedures for obtaining entry visas to France”, underlined Pavel Rozhkov, but specifying that the final decision on the participation of Russian athletes in the Paralympic Games in Paris had not yet been formally taken. It is expected in a “near future ", et viendra des athlètes, de leur encadrement et des fédérations sportives concernées. Mais les propos du dirigeant russe laissent envisager une décision commune de se rendre aux Jeux, Pavel Rozhkov ayant expliqué que l’enregistrement préliminaire de la délégation avait déjà été effectué et les billets d’avion réservés.
