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France backs return of intellectually disabled athletes to Winter Paralympics
French officials argue that classification, venues, and infrastructure are ready to reinstate athletes with intellectual disabilities, sidelined for over 20 years, by the 2030 Winter Paralympics.
- With France set to host the 2030 Games in the Alps, the French government and Parliament are urging to readmit athletes with intellectual disabilities, citing readiness of regulations, classifications, venues, and infrastructure.
- After the Sydney 2000 scandal, athletes with intellectual disabilities were sidelined for more than two decades and the International Paralympic Committee readmitted them in 2009, but no winter international federation has proposed medal events since.
- On a Grenoble training slope, Mélanie De Bona, 13-time world champion turning 30 later this month, and Antoine Maure, two-time world champion with autistic disorders, train intensively.
- Despite the immediate exclusion, the International Ski and Snowboard Federation says it supports inclusion potentially as early as 2030 and will submit recommendations once classification is approved by the IPC.
- France points to hosting the 2023 Virtus Global Games in Vichy with more than 1,000 competitors and recent Virtus world skiing events to argue reinstatement would fight stigma and inspire young people.
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End the ban: France backs return of intellectually disabled athletes to Winter Paralympics
French sports officials and athletes are pushing to include athletes with intellectual disabilities in the Winter Paralympics before the country hosts the 2030 Games.
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