The International Paralympic Committee will not lift its suspension on Russia until it both admits to a state-sponsored program that subverted drug testing processes for the Sochi Games and reinstates its anti-doping body, IPC President Andrew Parsons said Thursday.The ban means only Russian athletes that have cleared a strict screening process will be allowed to compete at the Pyeongchang Winter Paralympics starting Friday.Those athletes will compete as "Neutral Paralympic Athletes" and are prohibited from carrying the Russian flag or singing the national anthem."(The Russian Paralympic Co…READ FULL ARTICLE
