The International Paralympic Committee is set to announce its decision in a news conference here on Sunday. Lukin said on Wednesday that Russia’s Paralympic Committee “always supported and will support tough measures” against athletes who use banned substances. ENLARGERIO DE JANEIRO—Even as Russian Olympians started competing on Saturday, the country was facing another reckoning in the aftermath of the doping scandal: Will Russia’s Paralympians be banned from Rio? A spokeswoman for the Russian committee said Saturday it hadn’t been informed yet of the decision. Earlier this week, Russian Paralympic Committee Chairman Vladimir Lukin warned his country’s athletes that they may not be able to participate in the Rio Paralympics, which start Sept. 7.

Source: Wall Street Journal August 06, 2016 18:13 UTC