The International Paralympic Committee(IPC) says it will make a final decision in late January on whether Russian athletes can compete at the upcoming Winter Games in PyeongChang.

The IPC said in a statement on Wednesday that the IPC governing body failed to make a decision on the matter in its meeting, adding it was maintaining its suspension of the Russian Paralympic Committee.

It added that the IPC had also kept in place an interim measure for Russian athletes to compete as neutrals in qualification events across four winter sports: alpine skiing, biathlon, cross-country skiing and snowboard. 

The IPC imposed a blanket ban on Russia from the Rio Paralympics last year after revelations of a systematic doping culture in the country. 

The IPC has held meetings several times to decide whether to ban Russia from the PyeongChang Olympics, but has not yet reached a decision.