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Para-skier Menna Fitzpatrick became Britain's most successful Winter Paralympian, along with guide Jen Kehoe, when they won gold, two silvers and a bronze in Pyeongchang at the 2018 Games. Along with guide Gary Smith, a late replacement for Katie Guest, she will bid for more success at the 2022 Games in Beijing, which start on 4 March. This is her third BBC Sport column.
Russian and Belarusian athletes were given the all-clear Wednesday to compete at the upcoming Winter Paralympics, which open this week under the shadow of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has urged sporting federations across the world to exclude athletes from Russia as well as Belarus, which hosted troops before the invasion. But on Wednesday the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) held a meeting and posted a brief statement saying athletes from the two countries would be allowed to compete as "neutrals".
Paralympic star Marcel Hug backed the decision to ban Russian and Belarusian athletes from the Winter Games in Beijing but feels for the sporting stars caught up in the situation.
Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson has welcomed the decision to ban Russian and Belarusian athletes from the Winter Paralympics and hopes Ukraine will top the medal table in Beijing.
Paralympic star Marcel Hug backed the decision to ban Russian and Belarusian athletes from the Winter Games in Beijing but feels for the sporting stars caught up in the situation.
BEIJING: China on Thursday (Mar 3) denied a report that it asked Russia to delay its invasion of Ukraine until after the Beijing Winter Olympics, as international scrutiny grows of warming ties between the two powers.
Athletes from Russia and Belarus will no longer be able to compete at the 2022 Winter Paralympics after a dramatic U-turn on the eve of the opening ceremony. The International Paralympic Committee had initially ruled athletes from the two countries could compete as neutral athletes, in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Ad/> However amid threats from governments, teams and athletes to pull out from the Games in Beijing, the decision was reversed.
Athletes from Russia and Belarus will not be allowed to compete at the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing.