Paris 2030 Games to Host Paralympic Athletes After 20-Year Hiatus
French government and Parliament support inclusion due to ready regulations, venues, and infrastructure.
Athletes with intellectual disabilities were excluded after Sydney 2000 scandal, but IPC readmitted them in 2009.
No winter federation has proposed medal events for disabled athletes since 2009.
Mélanie De Bona, a 13-time world champion, trains in Grenoble with Antoine Maure, a two-time world champion with autism.
International Ski Federation supports inclusion by 2030, pending IPC classification approval.
France cites 2023 Virtus Games in Vichy and recent events to argue for reinstatement to reduce stigma.
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