In this article, I address some of the key legal talking points that have dominated the build-up to the Paris Olympics and Paralympics. In part 2, to follow, I will then consider the legal issues that might expect to arise once the Paris Games formally commence on 26 July 2024. Tokyo 2020 (postponed to 2021) and Beijing 2022 Winter Games: Russian athletes competed under the “Russian Olympic Committee” designation (using the acronym “ROC”). [6]As is stands, no para-athletes are banned on the basis of “Intentional Misrepresentation” ahead of the Paris Games. Semenya, who won Olympic 800m Olympic gold medals in 2012 and 2016, will therefore be absent from the Paris Games.
