Paralympic athletes could be disqualified if they not hide their Olympic rings tattoos
August 23, 2024
Honestly I found this rule disgusting and clearly not representing the inclusion that the Olympics and the sport in general should represent..
Posted by _AlphaZero_
10 comments
Does this rule also apply to Olympics / non-Paralympics?
So basically you can’t have a tattoo of the iconic and classic Olympic rings but you can have one of this terrible logo that looks like three failed attempts at the Nike swoosh
That’s absolutely stupid. Surely the IOC and IPC can agree with each other that any Olympic athlete can have either logo on display? Who cares?
Just merge those two Games at freaking last!
that is the stupidest thing I’ve read in a while
It is surprising that the IPC apparently aren’t willing to make a very obvious ‘the Olympic rings are also allowed’ exemption. I guess perhaps it’s important for them to maintain/build recognition of their org, and that they’re two separate things rather than “the second Olympics” or “the Olympics little cousin” or summat.
The article doesn’t mention any specific athletes, so unclear if this is more about athletes who got an Olympics tattoo when they competed in the Olympics, but are now competing in the Paralympics, or it’s athletes who have got the rings in commemoration of their Paralympics appearance.
The latter would be interesting, as it suggests for those athletes at least, the Paralympics is the same as the Olympics. Would be curious on what the general spread of opinion is like among the athletes overall.
I’m confused by this because fundamentally the Olympics and paralympics *are* different events, you’ve had a logo tattooed on you for an event you didn’t take part in and I find it confusing. It’s like they’re trying to pretend either a) that the Paralympics are part of the Olympics even though both organisations go to great pains to draw the distinction, and/or b) that the Olympics are somehow “better” than paralympics and so you’d want an Olympic tattoo and not a Paralympic one because the Olympics are *real* and the Paralympics aren’t.
Right not sure how this has become news. The Olympic Rings aren’t a Paralympic symbol. A Paralympian if they get a tattoo would get the Paralympic symbol instead. That tattoo is allowed.
I feel like a lot of people are confused about the “inclusion” the Olympics should represent, as this complaint pops up all the time
The IPC is protecting their brand and in effect, trying to also promote their brand. Paralympians should get the Agitos symbol tatted OR the IOC and IPC should share the Olympic symbol
10 comments
Does this rule also apply to Olympics / non-Paralympics?
So basically you can’t have a tattoo of the iconic and classic Olympic rings but you can have one of this terrible logo that looks like three failed attempts at the Nike swoosh
https://preview.redd.it/nikfydbppekd1.jpeg?width=802&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7238f1b2bfff9ae6a3f6f71fec4b2941957e769e
That’s absolutely stupid. Surely the IOC and IPC can agree with each other that any Olympic athlete can have either logo on display? Who cares?
Just merge those two Games at freaking last!
that is the stupidest thing I’ve read in a while
It is surprising that the IPC apparently aren’t willing to make a very obvious ‘the Olympic rings are also allowed’ exemption. I guess perhaps it’s important for them to maintain/build recognition of their org, and that they’re two separate things rather than “the second Olympics” or “the Olympics little cousin” or summat.
The article doesn’t mention any specific athletes, so unclear if this is more about athletes who got an Olympics tattoo when they competed in the Olympics, but are now competing in the Paralympics, or it’s athletes who have got the rings in commemoration of their Paralympics appearance.
The latter would be interesting, as it suggests for those athletes at least, the Paralympics is the same as the Olympics. Would be curious on what the general spread of opinion is like among the athletes overall.
I’m confused by this because fundamentally the Olympics and paralympics *are* different events, you’ve had a logo tattooed on you for an event you didn’t take part in and I find it confusing. It’s like they’re trying to pretend either a) that the Paralympics are part of the Olympics even though both organisations go to great pains to draw the distinction, and/or b) that the Olympics are somehow “better” than paralympics and so you’d want an Olympic tattoo and not a Paralympic one because the Olympics are *real* and the Paralympics aren’t.
Right not sure how this has become news. The Olympic Rings aren’t a Paralympic symbol. A Paralympian if they get a tattoo would get the Paralympic symbol instead. That tattoo is allowed.
I feel like a lot of people are confused about the “inclusion” the Olympics should represent, as this complaint pops up all the time
The IPC is protecting their brand and in effect, trying to also promote their brand. Paralympians should get the Agitos symbol tatted OR the IOC and IPC should share the Olympic symbol