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Standing firm Court upholds decision to strip shot putter of gold
Updated: Saturday October 28, 2000 10:23 PM SYDNEY (Reuters) -- A court hearing has backed a decision to strip an Indian shot putter of his gold medal at the Sydney Paralympics over a classification dispute, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) said on Sunday. Polio victim Yadvendra Vashishta won the F42 class on Tuesday. But the IPC ruled he should have been in the F44 class and disqualified him. The Indian team appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport which heard the case on Saturday, an IPC spokesman told Reuters. "The court found in favor of the IPC and the athlete was stripped of his gold medal," the spokesman said. A spokesman for the Indian team, Des Healy, told Reuters on Sunday the case would not be taken further. "There is no (further) system of appeal. They (the Indian team) have just accepted it as it is." An IPC spokesman said on Friday there were three stages to classification: input from the coach and the athlete, an interview process involving a test of muscle functions and abilities and thirdly watching the athlete in competition. "In competition the athlete was displaying a better capability than in the second phase," the spokesman said.
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