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The 2001 Verification Scandal That Suspended Paralympic Intellectual Disability Sport

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IPC General Assembly suspended athletes with an intellectual disability (ID) from the Paralympic Games due to 69% of athletes who won medals in intellectual disability events at the Sydney Games not having the correct ID verification.
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