{"id":176159,"date":"2026-02-18T11:21:48","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T08:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/176159\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"four-belarusian-athletes-to-compete-at-2026-paralympics-without-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/176159\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Belarusian athletes to compete at 2026 Paralympics\u00a0without restrictions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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February 18, Pozirk. <\/em><\/strong>Belarusian and Russian athletes will be able to compete under their own flags at the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games in Italy, RFI <\/em>reported, citing the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Four athletes will represent Belarus at the Paralympic Games in March, participating in cross-country skiing competitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In September 2025, the IPC members voted not to maintain the partial suspensions of the National Paralympic Committees (NPC) of Belarus and Russia, introduced in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, a month later, the IPC said Belarusian and Russian athletes would not be able to participate in the 2026 Paralympic Games, citing responses from international federations responsible for the qualifiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarus appealed the ban on qualifiers at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) that ruled that Belarusian and Russian neutral athletes may participate in qualification events. The court in Lausanne overturned the International Ski and Snowboard Federation\u2019s (FIS) previous ban on athletes from the two countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarus and Russia did not participate in the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing as Moscow launched a full-scale war on Ukraine with Minsk\u2019s support earlier that year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eight Belarusian swimmers were allowed to compete as neutrals in the Paralympic Games in Paris in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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