MOSCOW, March 15. /TASS/. Russian Paralympians and accompanying staff will don turquoise and beige at the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris, Pavel Rozhkov, the president of the Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) told TASS on Friday.
"The International Paralympic Committee [IPC] has approved the colors for the apparel of the Russian national team’s athletes and accompanying staff. They will wear varying shades of turquoise and beige," the RPC chief said.
"In line with the requirements on the neutral status participation of athletes, all national colors are prohibited from being displayed on uniforms and, in our case, this means the white, blue and red colors," he continued.
"We continue to work actively with designers to prepare samples of athletic apparel," Rozhkov added.
On March 6, the IPC published strict eligibility criteria that Russian and Belarusian athletes and support personnel must meet and adhere to in order to participate as neutrals at the 2024 Summer Paralympic Games in Paris.
According to the IPC’s requirements "Neutral athletes will compete under a white flag featuring black lettering spelling out NPA [Neutral Paralympic Athletes]." The IPC also ruled that "NPA will compete as individuals in neutral uniforms under an NPA flag, and will not feature on the medals table or march in the Opening and Closing Ceremonies."
On September 29, 2023, the IPC General Assembly ruled at its session in Bahrain to suspend some of the rights the RPC has within the global organization.
However, the IPC General Assembly cleared Russian athletes to participate under a neutral status in international competition, including in the 2024 Summer Paralympics, which will be held in Paris between August 28 and September 8.