The Tula Paralympians fly to Russian Federation from Beijing

The national team Russian Federation on Paralympic sports took off for Russian Federation. About it writes all-Russia state broadcasting TV channel "Zvezda". As a part of the Russian delegation at the Games there were 71 athletes. From them 33 athletes represented cross-country skiing and biathlon, 17 — the national teams on the sledge hockey, ten — the mountain skiing, six — the snowboard, five — curling on carriages. Let's remind that on March 3, on the eve of the opening ceremony of Games, the Russian and Belarusian national team debarred from competitions. International Paralympic committee explained such hasty decision to that the set of delegations put upon it pressure, threatening to boycott Games...