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News - Ice sledge hockey
Bonn, Germany - Responding to the request of the nations widely and regularly practising the sport of Ice Sledge Hockey, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Governing Board has approved an entry provision to allow qualified teams for the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games to enter female athletes to their roster should they wish.
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Medical and Scientific Director Dr. Peter Van de Vliet was recently in Montreal, Canada, at the headquarters of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to discuss compliance to the World Anti-Doping Code (WADC) by IPC Membership, which includes members of National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) and International Paralympic Sport Federations (IPSFs).