Thailand Para swimming athlete Worawut Marnnok receives two-year ban for an anti-doping rule violation

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has banned Para swimming athlete Worawut Marnnok for a period of two years for committing an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV), in breach of the IPC Anti-Doping Code (Code). The Thailand athlete returned an adverse analytical finding (AAF) for two Prohibited Substances in a urine sample provided in-competition on 3 August […]

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IPC announces at Global Refugee Forum 2023 its support for a Refugee Paralympic Team at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games

  • IPC will work with its stakeholders and partners to support Para athletes with refugee status on their pathway to the Paralympic Games • French Ministry of Sport has offered to fund hosting the Refugee Paralympic Team (RPT) in a pre-Games training camp in France • Airbnb joins as the first Official Partner to […]

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IPC and IDB hail impact of En Sus Marcas, Listos…Inclusion project that is delivering socio-economic inclusion for persons with disabilities in Americas

IPC and IDB host event one day ahead of the Opening Ceremony of the Santiago 2023 Parapan American Games to show the impact of six years of the groundbreaking project that takes place in vulnerable communities The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) have hailed the remarkable impact of En Sus […]

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Para powerlifting athlete Dawid Lange receives a four-year ban for committing an anti-doping violation

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has banned Para powerlifting athlete Dawid Lange for a period of four years for committing an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV), in breach of the IPC Anti-Doping Code. The Polish athlete returned an adverse analytical finding (AAF) for Prohibited Substances in a urine sample provided in-competition on 7 April 2019 during […]

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Kenyan athlete Rodgers Kiprop receives three-year ban for anti-doping rule violation

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has banned Para athletics athlete Rodgers Kiprop for a period of three years for committing an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV), in breach of the IPC Anti-Doping Code. The Kenyan athlete returned an adverse analytical finding (AAF) for the administration of testosterone and/or its precursors in a urine sample provided out-of-competition […]

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Moroccan Para athletics athlete Said Asli receives three-year ban for anti-doping rule violation

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has banned Para athletics athlete Said Asli for a period of three years for committing an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV), in breach of the IPC Anti-Doping Code. The Moroccan athlete returned an adverse analytical finding (AAF) for a Prohibited Substance in a urine sample provided in-competition on 11 March 2023 […]

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Greek Para powerlifting athlete Konstantinos Dimou receives three-year ban for committing anti-doping rule violation

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has banned Para powerlifting athlete Konstantinos Dimou for a period of three years for committing an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV), in breach of the IPC Anti-Doping Code. The Greek athlete returned an adverse analytical finding (AAF) for Prohibited Substances in a urine sample provided in-competition on 17 December 2022 during […]

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IPC General Assembly partially suspends NPC Russia and NPC Belarus

– The decision by IPC members means Russian and Belarussian Para athletes can compete as individual and neutral athletes at the Paris 2024 Paralympics The National Paralympic Committees of Russia and Belarus were both partially suspended by the IPC General Assembly in Manama, Bahrain, on Friday (29 September 2023) for breaches of their constitutional membership […]

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