Now that the Rio Olympics are over, the Rio Paralympics are just around the corner, 7-18 September, but only 12% of tickets have been sold, a Rio 2016 spokesperson said, out of 3.3 mn tickets on sale since May, according to BBC. A funding problem is also threatening the participation of 10 countries, as travel grants worth GBP 7 mn were not delivered to all countries. But the Director of Media and Communications for the Paralympics Craig Spence told Sputnik, “There will be no downscaling, those 10 countries that said they cannot make the games, we have been in contact and they will be able to travel.” Worth noting is that Russia will be banned from participating after a World Anti-Doping Agency report said doping had been undergone with state sponsorship between 2011 and 2015 – a decision which was not taken by the International Olympics Committee which did not issue a ban. The Paralympic Games consist of 22 sports and 165 countries. Egypt is participating, with 44 competitors set to enter events in athletics, powerlifting, swimming, men’s sitting volleyball and table tennis, the Egyptian Paralympic Committee said. Watch “We’re The Superhumans,” the Rio Paralympics 2016’s trailer.