Athletes force a change in ban of Russians at Paralympics


              A Slovakian hockey player skates past the Paralympic logo during a practice session at the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing, Thursday, March 3, 2022. In a stunning reversal, Russian and Belarusian athletes have been banned from the Winter Paralympic Games for their countries' roles in the war in Ukraine, the International Paralympic Committee said Thursday in Beijing. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
            
              President of the Ukraine National Paralympic Committee Valerii Sushkevych speaks to the media following the IPC announcement that athletes from the Russian Paralympic Committee and Belarus, despite being called neutral, are no longer allowed to compete at the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games in Beijing, Thursday, March 3, 2022. (Joe Toth/OIS via AP)
            
              President of the Ukraine National Paralympic Committee Valerii Sushkevych speaks to the media following the IPC announcement that athletes from the Russian Paralympic Committee and Belarus, despite being called neutral, are no longer allowed to compete at the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games in Beijing, Thursday, March 3, 2022. (Joe Toth/OIS via AP)
            
              Vladyslav Heraskevych, of Ukraine, waves after finishing the men's skeleton run 4 at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
            
              Vladyslav Heraskevych, of Ukraine, stands in the mixed zone after finishing the men's skeleton run 4 at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Athletes force a change in ban of Russians at Paralympics