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Russia's entire Paralympic team is banned from next month's Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro as part of the same doping scandal that also cost Russia a large part of its Olympic team.


"The anti-doping system in Russia is broken, corrupted and entirely compromised," Sir Philip Craven, president of the International Paralympic Committee, 

In scathing language, Craven went on to say:

"As a result, the Russian Paralympic Committee is suspended with immediate effect," he added. The committee said its decision was unanimous.

Russia's Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko said his country would appeal the ban, Reuters reported.

The Olympic Games, which opened Friday, run through Aug. 21 in Rio, while the the Paralympics will be held in the city from Sept. 7 through 18.

The Paralympic Committee said Russia had received 267 slots for its para athletes in 18 sports and it was now trying to determine what to do with those positions, which could go to other countries.

Many of Russia's Olympic and Paralympic athletes were tested at the same Moscow lab that's been implicated in the doping scandal.


Yet the International Olympic Committee 

 the entire Russian Olympic team despite a detailed report last month by the 

 that found evidence of systematic, state-sponsored doping in Russia dating back to 2010. About 120 Russian Olympic athletes have been barred and around 270 have been cleared to compete.
The report last month found there were recurring cases of 

 at the Moscow lab where athletes and para-athletes were tested. That investigation produced 35 names of Russian para-athletes who had disappearing samples, the IPC said.
The Russians have one of the world's top Paralympic teams. 

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Greg Myre

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Russia's para-athletes were caught up in the same scandal as the country's Olympic team. "The anti-doping system in Russia is broken," says the head of the International Paralympic Committee.

Russia's entire Paralympic team is banned in doping scandal

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