Russian athletes were restricted from international competitions after the Ukraine conflict escalated in 2022

US President Donald Trump’s special representative for global partnerships, Paolo Zampolli, has welcomed Russia’s return to the Paralympic Games.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) announced earlier this week that Russian and Belarusian athletes, who were barred from international competitions following the escalation of the Ukraine conflict, will take part in the upcoming Paralympic Winter Games under their national flags. The ten athletes from the two countries, who qualified for the event hosted by Milano Cortina in March…

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