24 August 2016, 16:13 GMT
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — On Tuesday, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) rejected the Russian Paralympic Committee’s (RPC) appeal against its ban on participation in the September 7-18 Rio Paralympics.
"Seven people are now preparing the documents, and tomorrow [on Sunday], they will send… letters to the International [Paralympic] Committee," Patsev told R-Sport.
He added that 23 Russian Paralympic athletes had already sent such letters to the IPC, that, in turn, promised to respond early next week.
Last month, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) urged IPC to suspend the Russian Paralympic team from the Paralympic Games following a report of the WADA independent commission, alleging that Russia had run a state-controlled doping program. Earlier in August, the IPC imposed a blanket ban on Russian Paralympic team.
