Rio Paralympics Bans Russian Disabled

Three weeks after the conclusion of the Rio Olympics, the Brazilian city is welcoming thousands of disabled athletes from around the world so that disabled Rio street thugs can have a go at softer targets. That’s just fair. The Paralympics actually make more sense than the Olympics since Usain Bolt and Carmelo Anthony have plenty of opportunity elsewhere for fame and fortune. If you’re a paraplegic sailor or a sprinter missing a limb or three, the Paralympics every four years is what you’ve got. Today some big committee ruled that the Russian disabled athletes are all uninvited.

After the last Winter Games in Sochi the Germans got pissed at how badly the Russians kicked everybody’s ass and an investigation was launched which revealed a widespread state-sponsored Russian doping of athletes. So like every other major Olympics nation, except that this was more organized. Kind of like pre-1990 Germany. The International Olympic Committee checked their bribery ledger and What Putin Might Do To Us chart and responded by passing off the punishment phase to individual sport federations, many of whom banned Russian athletes from the Summer Games in Rio. Though some didn’t.

It seemed rather arbitrary. Like the announcement that all the handicapped Russians can’t go at all. This isn’t based off individual testing and is shitty unfair to people missing limbs. Maybe some of them are loading up on HGH, but they’ve got more reason than Sean Penn or the masculine leaning women Alex Rodriguez bones. It’s the Paralympics. Your last big star strapped on his blades and shot his girlfriend dead through a bathroom door. Ease up.