 It was announced on 8 February that the International Paralympic Committee would now re-instate Russia by 15 March after they were suspended in July 2016.They stated that 69 of the 70 reinstatement criteria had been met with the last criteria being to accept the findings of the McLaren report.Meanwhile, Russia's ban in athletics was upheld by the IAAF 'until further notice' stating that there were two outstanding issues that needed to be resolved.