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North Korea to participate in PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Games

March 01, 2018 13:44·
North Korean Athletes to Participate in South Paralympics

North Korean Athletes to Participate in South Paralympics

The two Koreas reached the agreement in talks at the truce village of Panmunjom on Tuesday, the Unification Ministry said.

The 12th Winter Paralympic Games will be held on March 9-18.

Eight Poles are set to compete in the Pyeongchang Paralympic Winter Games in south Korea, with officials eyeing two medals.

Russian Federation has registered 30 para athletes in four sports, but due to the doping scandal, they will compete under the name Neutral Paralympic Athlete (NPA), according to the organisers.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) on February 1 said it had invited North Korea to the Paralympic Games and offered two bipartite slots to athletes competing in Para-Nordic skiing events. This decision is brought by the harmonization that took place in the Winter Olympics 2018, in which Seoul's efforts were very apparent. It can be recalled that the reclusive nation has sent a 500-member delegation during the PyeongChang Olympics 2018.

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At last month's inter-Korean talks, North Korea said it would send a 150-member delegation of athletes, musicians and cheerleaders to the Paralympics, but Tuesday's statement did not include the dispatch of an art troupe and cheerleaders.

The offer, however, needs to the approved by the IPC, which earlier refused to give Olympic berths to Neutral Paralympic Athletes from Russian Federation saying that "all 100 quota places in men's Nordic skiing have already been allocated to athletes who have either qualified or received a bipartite invitation". Unfortunately, they will not be present this time.

Gangneung, a coastal city in Gangwon Province, will host all ice sports during the Paralympics.

There will be athletes participating from 49 countries. Majority of the events will take place at the Alpensia skiing resort.

Recently, the games were overshadowed by security reasons due to the close proximity of North Korea.

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