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The Russian Paralympics team is set to leave China after being banned from the Beijing Games opening later Friday but won’t rule out contesting the decision from the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) at a later stage. A statement said it made no sense to stay in Beijing because success with an appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) was unlikely. The IPC had originally allowed Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete as neutrals in Beijing after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine but made a U-turn Thursday after other nations threatened not to compete. The Russian Paralympic Comm…