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Rio Paralympics: 84 Russian Athletes Lose Bid to Compete
Entire Russian Paralympic team has been barred from the games as punishment for state-backed doping in the country
Several Russian athletes were barred from participating at 2016 Rio Olympics.© AFP
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German court dismissed appeals by 84 Russians to compete at Paralympics
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Another 10 Russians had a similar application rejected on Monday
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Russia has been accused of state-sponsored doping
Bonn:
A German court has dismissed appeals by 84 Russian athletes seeking to compete at the Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro.
The state court in Bonn, where the International Paralympic Committee is based, on Tuesday rejected the athletes' bid for an injunction forcing the IPC to allow them to compete.
Another 10 Russians had a similar application rejected on Monday.
The entire Russian Paralympic team has been barred from the games as punishment for state-backed doping in the country. The Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld the IPC's decision, and the IPC last week rejected the athletes' request for "individual admission" to the games, which open Wednesday.
The German court found that the IPC has no obligation to allow the athletes to compete.
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