Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games - International Paralympic Committee Press Conference - Main Media Centre, Beijing, China - March 3, 2022. IPC President Andrew Parsons during a press conference to announce that Russian Paralympic Committee and Belarus athletes would no longer take part in the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games REUTERS/Peter Cziborra
(Reuters) - The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) bowed to pressure and made a U-turn on its decision to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete at the Winter Games while Formula One and UEFA imposed new sanctions on Thursday.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has led to sanctions across global sport, and Belarus, a key staging area for the full-scale invasion, has also been punished.
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