Paralympics-Malaysia stripped of 2019 world para swimming championships

ByReuters

Published 27/01/2019 at 10:24 GMT

LONDON, Jan 27 (Reuters) - The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) on Sunday stripped Malaysia of the right to host the 2019 world para swimming championships after the country banned Israeli athletes from participating.

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"All World Championships must be open to all eligible athletes and nations to compete safely and free from discrimination," said IPC president Andrew Parsons in a statement.

"When a host country excludes athletes from a particular nation, for political reasons, then we have absolutely no alternative but to look for a new Championships host." (Reporting by Alan Baldwin, editing by Amlan Chakraborty)

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