MOSCOW, August 14. /TASS/. The Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) has received official accreditations for 85 out of the country’s 92 athletes that put in bids to compete at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in France, RPC President Pavel Rozhkov told TASS on Wednesday.

"The Russian Paralympic Committee has received accreditation cards for almost all of the athletes who applied to compete in the Paralympic Games in Paris," he said. "They are all already here at the RPC headquarters in Moscow."

"The verification process continues for seven more [Russian] athletes. We are waiting on a final decision," the RPC chief added.

The 2024 Summer Paralympic Games will be held in the French capital of Paris between August 28 and September 8.

In early August, RPC President Rozhkov told TASS that the IPC had preliminarily approved 92 Russian athletes to take part in the 2024 Summer Paralympic Games in France. However, the final decision on the delegation of Russian Paralympians was to be made shortly thereafter.

Russia plans to send 48 track and field athletes, 35 swimmers, five table tennis players, two triathletes and two taekwondo fighters to the 2024 Summer Paralympics in France.

Russia's route to 2024 Paris Paralympics

On March 6, the International Paralympic Committee (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 be able to take part in medals ceremonies 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 at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.

In mid-March this year, RPC President Rozhkov told TASS that Russian Paralympians and accompanying staff would don turquoise and beige at the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris.

"They will wear varying shades of turquoise and beige… 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," Rozhkov said at that time.