Figure skater Yevgeny Plyushchenko told about the message to the heads of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) with the request to allow the Russian Paralympic athletes for the Winter Games-2018 in ski races and biathlon. About this two-time Olympic champion wrote in his Instagram. "I just sent a letter of pain to my IOC president Thomas Bach and the head of the IPC Andrew Parsons with my friends, multiple champions of the Olympic Games and world championships ... asking for my friend, the hero of our home Paralympic Games, to reach the Paralympic Games in South Korea in March 2018 , six-time Paralympic champion Roman Petushkov and his teammates, "he wrote. "I really hope and believe that the presidents of the IOC and the IPC will find an opportunity and give a chance to our children to speak at the Paralympic Games," Plushenko summed up..

On January 29, the International Paralympic Committee extended the suspension of the Russian Paralympic Committee. At the same time, the IPC allowed Russian athletes to participate in the Paralympic Games of 2018 as neutral athletes. Paralympic Games in Pyeongchang will be held from 9 to 18 March. More important news in the Telegram channel "The Tape of the Day". Subscribe!.

Original article: Plushenko sent a letter-pain to the International Paralympic Committee.