The IPC = International Paralympic Committee has announced that the two Afghan athletes who were scheduled to participate in the Tokyo Paralympic Games have been evacuated outside Afghanistan.
At the Tokyo Paralympic Games, which began on the 24th, two Afghan men and women from Afghanistan were scheduled to participate, but according to the IPC, the armed forces Tullivan seized power and the administration collapsed. In response to this, the local Paralympic Committee decided to abandon participation because there was no way to safely come to Japan.
At the press conference on the 25th, IPC spokesman Spence said of the two players, "I'm not in Afghanistan. It's a life-threatening story, I don't say where I am now, but efforts have been made to leave the country and it is in a safe place. "There is," he said, revealing that he had evacuated abroad.
The Australian public broadcaster ABC also reported that the Australian Government has decided to accept more than 50 Afghan athletes and families, including two, from a humanitarian standpoint.
In response to this, at the meeting, there was a question asking the possibility of participation in the tournament if the two could come to Japan, but Spence said, "I will not answer the tentative question. I want to avoid answering." I stayed.
At the opening ceremony held on the 24th, Afghanistan participated in the march of athletes with the national flag of the tournament volunteers, but it is not included in the 161 countries and regions participating in this tournament.