Tolerance at the Paris Paralympics? The IPC lifted the ban on the Olympics
Aug 25, 2024
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Craig Spence, IPC's director of brand-communications, said in an email on the 24th that `A player with a tattoo does not have to cover a tattoo' delivered the instructions. The IPC did not elaborate on the policy changes.
Since the 2012 London Games, there has been a controversy over the 'tattoo' enjoyed by athletes at the Paralympics. The International Olympic Committee (IOC), which symbolizes the Olympics, not the Paralympics, has also been banned, as the IPC has banned all commercial advertising on the body through tattoos. It was recognized as a 'third party advertising act' advertising IOC. As a result, swimmers with oryun marks engraved had to completely cover their tattoos with taping and magic pens, otherwise they were disqualified.
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The Olympic Games use the Olympic mark as a symbol and the Paralympics use the logo 'Azitos' derived from the Latin word 'I'm Moving'. It is a swirly pattern with red, blue, green, and crescent shapes.
Over the past decade or so, regulations have been imposed on Paralympic athletes emblazoned with oryun patterns rather than the Paralympic stage ship Azitos. In the case of Garcia Tolson, a five-time Paralympic medalist 'American Paralympic Swimming Legend', he has used a method of covering his upper back with a pen. Garcia-Tolson had a leg amputation while dreaming of becoming an Olympian and won his first gold medal at the 2004 Athens Paralympics. Garcia-Tolson, who was 16 years old at the time, celebrated the gold medal by engraving the Olympic mark under his left shoulder with his mother's permission. Garcia Tolson, who had to cover his tattoo with a pen at every game due to IPC's Oryun tattoo sanctions, had no choice but to comply because he did not agree with the rules, but he could not afford to be disqualified" reported his position. At the international competition ahead of the 2021 Tokyo Paralympics, I also experienced the pain of being "disqualified" because the ink on the magic pen that covered the tattoo during the game was washed down. Since then, there has been a case of winning the appeal trial and returning to the court. British cerebral palsy swimmer Joseph Craig was also disqualified for the 100m freestyle (S8) at the 2016 Rio Olympics, despite winning the IPC European Championships ahead of the 2016 Olympics. There was no specific explanation for the reason, but the IPC declared that it would allow full tattoos from this competition. From the 2024 Paris Paralympics, you don't have to cover up your 'Olympic Symbols' tattoo.
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Reporter Jeon Young-ji sky4us@sportschosun.com
sky4us@sportschosun.com
