Recommended Citation
Claire Fedor,
Individual Olympic Athlete Participation Model: Moving Toward the Standardization of International Olympic Committee Sanction Power,
58 Case W. Res. J. Int'l L.
771
(2026)
Available at:
https://scholarlycommons.law.case.edu/jil/vol58/iss1/25
Abstract
In 2024, at the Paris Olympic Games, the Russian Olympic Committee was notably absent; however, the International Olympic Committee admitted a select group of Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete under the title “Individual Neutral Athlete.” The athletes’ eligibility was determined by an Individual Neutral Athlete Eligibility Review Panel, and their participation required strict adherence to specifically tailored principles. This model is the most recent approach to permitting individual athletes’ participation despite their National Olympic Committee (NOC)’s suspension from the Olympic Games. This Note examines the absence of a uniform application for individual athlete participation in the Olympic Games amid NOC suspensions and proposes an amendment to the Olympic Charter that implements an Individual Olympic Athlete participation model. (from the author)