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The International Paralympic Committee (IPC), has
agreed to grant additional time to the International Wheelchair
Basketball Federation (IWBF) to finish verifying the eligibility of
all 4.0 and 4.5 sport class players set to compete at the Tokyo
2020 Paralympic Games.
Since January 2020, when the IPC declared the IWBF non-compliant
with the 2015 Athlete Classification Code, the global governing
body of wheelchair basketball has been required to conduct
eligibility assessments of 132 4.0 and 4.5 sport class players set
to compete in Tokyo.
This exercise – the first phase of an approved action plan
towards Code-compliance – has found 119 players eligible and nine
non-eligible.
Four cases remain outstanding pending further information, which
is why the IPC has accepted the IWBF’s request to extend the
deadline for a second time from the original date of May 29,
2020.
The Chief Executive Officer of IPC, Mike Peters said: “Due to
the need to gather more information on four-player cases, the IPC
has agreed to grant the IWBF a second extension to the original end
of May deadline.
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“With such a small number of athletes still to be reviewed, no
new deadline has been set by the IPC although continued progress is
fully expected of the IWBF.
“The IPC will also continue to monitor the IWBF’s ongoing
compliance with the approved action plan,” he said.
In addition to assessing all 4.0 and 4.5 players due to compete
at Tokyo 2020, the IPC in January also requested that the IWBF
ensures its own classification rules and operations align and are
fully compliant with the IPC Athlete Classification Code by no
later than 31 August 2021.
At the moment, IWBF is excluded from the Paris 2024 Paralympic
Games programme. Failure to meet this deadline will mean that
wheelchair basketball will not be readmitted into the Paris 2024
Games.
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