Russian Paralympic athletics team to take part in Grand Prix in Tunisia

From June 16 to 19, a Grand Prix event in Paralympic athletics will be held in Tunisia.

The Russian national team, consisting of 21 Russian Paralympians, will compete for medals:

5 athletes with physical impairments — Ekaterina Belyaninova (T44, Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug – Yugra), Evgeny Demin (F31, Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug – Yugra), Nikita Dubenchuk (F34, Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug – Yugra), Anton Feoktistov (T37, Astrakhan Oblast), Veniamin Nikitin (F33, Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug – Yugra).

3 athletes with visual impairments — Egor Gostinsky (T13, Moscow), Alexander Kostin (T12, Altai Krai), Fedor Rudakov (T11, Perm Krai).

13 athletes with intellectual impairments — Regina Adushkina (T20, Republic of Mordovia), Maxim Angelov (T20, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast), Matvey Yakushev (T20, Krasnoyarsk Krai), Kirill Kirikov (T20, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast), Sergey Makarov (T20, Ryazan Oblast), Arseny Mukhametzyanov (T20, Krasnoyarsk Krai), Natalia Sainchina (T20, Moscow Oblast), Irina Sapanzha (T20, Krasnodar Krai), Konstantin Simonov (T20, Sverdlovsk Oblast), Valentina Stepanenkova (T20, Lipetsk Oblast), Victoria Tsepilova (T20, Sverdlovsk Oblast), Vladilen Voloshin (T20, Omsk Oblast – Chelyabinsk Oblast), Alexandra Zaitseva (F20, Kostroma Oblast).

Athletics is one of the most popular and medal-rich sports in the Paralympic movement. Competitions include track and field events for athletes with various impairments (physical impairments, visual impairments, and intellectual impairments). At the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, Russian track and field athletes finished 2nd in the unofficial medal standings, winning 27 medals: 11 gold, 6 silver, and 10 bronze.