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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 2022 at the 11th ASEAN Para Games 2022 in Solo, Indonesia. The test was conducted by the Asian Paralympic Committee (APC) in its role as the Major Event Organisation for the 11th ASEAN Para Games. The substances were chlorothiazide and hydrochlorothiazide. The substances are included on the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) 2022 Prohibited List under…
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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 support the RPT • IPC commits to Joint Pledge on Sport for Inclusion and Protection that uses sport to improve the lives of displaced people The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) announced at the Global Refugee Forum 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland, on Wednesday (13 December) plans to support a Refugee Paralympic Team (RPT) at the Paris…
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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 Marcas, Listos…Inclusion (ELI) for using Para sport to change the lives of thousands of people in vulnerable communities across the Americas. The groundbreaking ELI initiative was launched in 2017 as a transformative partnership between the IDB and IPC to use Para sport as the key tool in delivering socio-economic inclusion for people with disabilities across…
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IPC transfers Para dance sport to World Abilitysport
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced the transfer of governance of the sport of Para dance to World Abilitysport as of 1 January 2024. Para dance sport has been governed by the IPC since 1998 and is one of six Para sports for which the IPC acts as the international federation. World Abilitysport is one of the world’s leading organisations for the development of Para sports and the international governing body for wheelchair fencing and powerchair hockey. It was formed in 2023 following the merger of the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) and the Cerebral Palsy International Sports and Recreation Association (CPISRA), two founding members of the…
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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 the Men’s over 107kg competition at the 2019 Polish Weightlifting Individual Championships for People with Disabilities. The substances were metabolites of Dehydrochloromethyltestosterone (DHCMT), Metandienone, Oxandrolone and Clomifene. DHCMT, Metandienone, Oxandrolone are listed as Prohibited Substances under class S1.1A of WADA’s 2019 Prohibited List (Anabolic Agents). Clomifene is listed as a Prohibited Substance under S4.3 of…
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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 on 15 June 2023. Kiprop’s urine sample was analysed using a specialised type of analysis, known as Gas Chromatography/Combustion/Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry (GC/C/IRMS), that differentiates between anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) naturally produced by the body and prohibited anabolic agents of external origin. The GC/C/IRMS analysis confirmed the presence of testosterone and/or its metabolites of exogenous…
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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 during the men’s 400m T46 final at the Marrakech 2023 World Para Athletics Grand Prix. The substance was methyltestosterone. The substance is included on the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) 2023 Prohibited List under the class S1.1 (Anabolic Androgenic Steroids). The athlete was provisionally suspended by the IPC on 17 April 2023 pending a resolution of…
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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 the men’s over 107 kg competition at the Dubai 2022 Para Powerlifting World Cup. The substances were drostanolone and oxandrolone. The substances are included on the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) 2022 Prohibited List under the class S1.1 (Anabolic Androgenic Steroids). The athlete was provisionally suspended by the IPC on 27 January 2023 pending a resolution…
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Paralympic Flame to be created at Stoke Mandeville for all future Paralympic Games
. • Paris 2024 will be the first Paralympic Games for the new ceremony, which will also mark the start of the Paralympic Torch Relay • New event aims to increase Stoke Mandeville’s status as the birthplace of the Paralympic Movement As part of a weekend of international Paralympic celebrations, it has been announced that Stoke Mandeville, the birthplace of Paralympic sport, will be where the Paralympic Flame will be created ahead of each Paralympic Torch Relay from the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games onwards. The new concept devised by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), ParalympicsGB, and WheelPower, aims to increase global awareness of the role Stoke Mandeville and Sir Ludwig…
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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 obligations. IPC members voted 90-56 in favour of a motion to partially suspend NPC Russia (with six members abstaining), while 79-57 voted to partially suspend NPC Belarus (with nine members abstaining). For a motion to be passed, a 50%+ 1 result of all votes cast was required. As a result of the General Assembly’s decision…
