HOME BOYS FLOURISH IN RUSSIA’S ABSENCE FROM PARALYMPICS
IN THE WAKE OF A PARALYMPIC GAMES NOTABLE FOR THE ABSENCE OF A TRADITIONALLY STRONG RUSSIAN TEAM, BEN COLDWELL LOOKS AT THE IMPACT THE COUNTRY’S ABSENCE MAY HAVE HAD ON THE MEDAL TALLIES
Margarita Goncharova: would have been a good bet for multiple medals
MARK SHEARMAN
THE PARALYMPICS was built up to be an impending catastrophe, fraught with worries about lack of funding, lack of support from the local organising committee and Brazilian fans and serious concerns over fan and athlete security. But the fears did not come to fruition and it emerged smelling of roses.