It's up to IPC and IFs on athlete's participation in Paralympics
4/9/2008 17:51
Beijing organizers said today that it is the International Paralympic
Committee (IPC) and international sports federations who decide an athlete's
eligibility for the Paralympics.
Javelin throwers Chiang Chih-chung and Chen
Ming-tsai, who had represented Chinese Taipei in past IPC events, are missing
from the Chinese Taipei delegation to the Beijing Paralympics.
Wang Hui,
media chief of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX
Olympiad (BOCOG) which also organizes the Paralympics, said in today's press
conference: "It is the IPC and the international federations of specific sports,
rather than BOCOG, who have the right to approve an athlete's participation in
the event."
Chiang, 28, won gold medals at the Sydney and Athens Paralympics,
while Chen was a gold medalist at the 2006 IPC Athletics World
Championships.
The 11-day, 20-sport Paralympics will open in the Chinese
capital on Saturday.
Xinhua
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