The representative of the Belarusian delegation who carried a Russian flag during the Opening Ceremony of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games has had his accreditation cancelled by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).
Andrei Fomachkin was a guest of the Belarusian National Paralympic Committee (NPC) President Oleg Chepel at the Games here, but shouldn't have been allowed to take part in the Parade of Nations.
He carried the flag as a gesture of solidarity with the Russian Paralympic team, who the IPC barred from competing at Rio 2016 in the wake of Richard McLaren’s damning report, which alleged the presence of a state-sponsored doping scheme at a number of major events, including the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics and Paralympics.
