Paralympics: IPC prepares to have refugee team at Tokyo Games

International Paralympic Committee President Andrew Parsons said Thursday his organization is preparing to accept a refugee team that would compete at the Tokyo Paralympics next year.A refugee team of disabled athletes took part for the first time at the 2016 Rio Paralympics."We are now working with different international federations so that we can identify refugee athletes," Parsons said in a phone interview, adding that they must have credible refugee status.He also said the issue was brought up at the previous IPC board meeting at which a framework and budget for the potential refugee t…READ FULL ARTICLE