Remember when the International Olympic Committee was thinking about banning all Russian athletes from the Rio Olympics this month? Well it looks like they got their wish in a different competition.
The International Paralympic Committee announced Sunday that the entire Russian Paralympic team will be banned from competition in September.
"After evaluating all of the evidence before it, and allowing the Russian Paralympic Committee to present its case both in writing and in person, the IPC Governing Board unanimously determined that the Russian Paralympic Committee is unable to ensure compliance with and the enforcement of the IPC's Anti-Doping Code and the World Anti-Doping Code within its own national jurisdiction," the IPC said in a statement.
According to the report, the Russian lab returned 35 positive samples in drug testing from a July screening. However, two weeks later, 10 more positive results were turned in from the team. The IPC is looking into the "disappearing positive samples."
Russia was expected to send 267 athletes to the Paralympic Games and now the Committee will meet to determine what to do with those vacant positions.
This stems from a large-scale scandal from the 2014 Sochi Winter Games and led to the entire Russian weightlifting and Track and Field teams being banned from the 2016 Summer Games.
